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author | Justus Winter <justus@sequoia-pgp.org> | 2020-07-24 11:59:47 +0200 |
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committer | Justus Winter <justus@sequoia-pgp.org> | 2020-07-24 16:28:09 +0200 |
commit | 1574c118a6b5b0e340c6176742ffceed7989a9c7 (patch) | |
tree | edf33101e23062b7f5898d08ed2251a5ff463aa2 /openpgp/src | |
parent | f858e812ddd7bb1e85870ca003a89c33199d825f (diff) |
openpgp: Improve documentation of enum MessageLayer.
- See #471.
Diffstat (limited to 'openpgp/src')
-rw-r--r-- | openpgp/src/parse/stream.rs | 42 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/openpgp/src/parse/stream.rs b/openpgp/src/parse/stream.rs index b8f42645..c1d5269d 100644 --- a/openpgp/src/parse/stream.rs +++ b/openpgp/src/parse/stream.rs @@ -453,15 +453,37 @@ impl<'a> IntoIterator for MessageStructure<'a> { /// Represents a layer of the message structure. /// /// A valid OpenPGP message contains one literal data packet with -/// optional encryption, signing, and compression layers on top. +/// optional encryption, signing, and compression layers freely +/// combined on top (see [Section 11.3 of RFC 4880]). This enum +/// represents the layers. The [`MessageStructure`] is communicated +/// to the [`VerificationHelper::check`]. Iterating over the +/// [`MessageStructure`] yields the individual message layers. +/// +/// [Section 11.3 of RFC 4880]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-11.3 +/// [`MessageStructure`]: struct.MessageStructure.html +/// [`VerificationHelper::check`]: trait.VerificationHelper.html#tymethod.check #[derive(Debug)] pub enum MessageLayer<'a> { /// Represents an compression container. + /// + /// Compression is usually transparent in OpenPGP, though it may + /// sometimes be interesting for advanced users to indicate that + /// the message was compressed, and how (see [Section 5.6 of RFC + /// 4880]). + /// + /// [Section 5.6 of RFC 4880]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-5.6 Compression { /// Compression algorithm used. algo: CompressionAlgorithm, }, /// Represents an encryption container. + /// + /// Indicates the fact that the message was encrypted (see + /// [Section 5.13 of RFC 4880]). If you expect encrypted + /// messages, make sure that there is at least one encryption + /// container present. + /// + /// [Section 5.13 of RFC 4880]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-5.13 Encryption { /// Symmetric algorithm used. sym_algo: SymmetricAlgorithm, @@ -473,14 +495,16 @@ pub enum MessageLayer<'a> { /// Represents a signature group. /// /// A signature group consists of all signatures with the same - /// level. Each [`VerificationResult`] represents the result of - /// a single signature verification. In your - /// [`VerificationHelper::check`] method, iterate over the - /// verification results, see if it meets your policies' demands, - /// and communicate it to the user, if applicable. - /// - /// [`VerificationResult`]: type.VerificationResult.html - /// [`VerificationHelper::check`]: trait.VerificationHelper.html#tymethod.check + /// level (see [Section 5.2 of RFC 4880]). Each + /// [`VerificationResult`] represents the result of a single + /// signature verification. In your [`VerificationHelper::check`] + /// method, iterate over the verification results, see if it meets + /// your policies' demands, and communicate it to the user, if + /// applicable. + /// + /// [Section 5.2 of RFC 4880]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-5.2 + /// [`VerificationResult`]: type.VerificationResult.html + /// [`VerificationHelper::check`]: trait.VerificationHelper.html#tymethod.check SignatureGroup { /// The results of the signature verifications. results: Vec<VerificationResult<'a>>, |