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/// Stores a reference to plaintext bytes.
///
/// This type exists to help prevent accidental parameter swaps in function
/// calls. It can be created from a [`&[u8]`][slice], a [`&mut [u8]`][slice] or
/// any other type that implements [`AsRef<[u8]>`][AsRef].
///
/// See [`PlaintextMut`] for the `&mut` version.
///
/// A "plaintext" is the _secret, unencrypted_ data that the sender wishes to
/// [AEAD][ae] encrypt to provide _confidentiality_, _integrity_ and
/// _authentication_.
///
/// Note that [`From`] impls are intentionally omitted to prevent accidental
/// parameter swaps. The goal is to force the caller to spell out the name of
/// this type.
///
/// [ae]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption
;
/// Stores a _mutable_ reference to plaintext bytes.
///
/// This type exists to help prevent accidental parameter swaps in function
/// calls. It can be created from a [`&mut [u8]`][slice] or any other type that
/// implements [`AsMut<[u8]>`][AsMut].
///
/// See [`Plaintext`] for the shared reference version.
///
/// A "plaintext" is the _secret, unencrypted_ data that the sender wishes to
/// [AEAD][ae] encrypt to provide _confidentiality_, _integrity_ and
/// _authentication_.
///
/// Note that [`From`] impls are intentionally omitted to prevent accidental
/// parameter swaps. The goal is to force the caller to spell out the name of
/// this type.
///
/// [ae]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption
;
/// Stores a reference to ciphertext bytes.
///
/// This type exists to help prevent accidental parameter swaps in function
/// calls. It can be created from a [`&[u8]`][slice], a [`&mut [u8]`][slice] or
/// any other type that implements [`AsRef<[u8]>`][AsRef].
///
/// See [`CiphertextMut`] for the `&mut` version.
///
/// A "ciphertext" is the _public, encrypted data_ produced from a secret
/// plaintext. Ciphertext produced by an [AEAD][ae] cipher like AEGIS provides
/// _confidentiality_, _integrity_ and _authentication_.
///
/// Some Philbin functions take a Ciphertext parameter that stores a
/// `ciphertext || authentication tag` or a `nonce || ciphertext ||
/// authentication tag` byte sequence.[^1]
///
/// Note that [`From`] impls are intentionally omitted to prevent accidental
/// parameter swaps. The goal is to force the caller to spell out the name of
/// this type.
///
/// [^1]: `||` represents concatenation.
///
/// [ae]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption
;
/// Stores a _mutable_ reference to ciphertext bytes.
///
/// This type exists to help prevent accidental parameter swaps in function
/// calls. It can be created from a [`&mut [u8]`][slice] or any other type that
/// implements [`AsMut<[u8]>`][AsMut].
///
/// See [`Ciphertext`] for the shared reference version.
///
/// A "ciphertext" is the _public, encrypted data_ produced from a secret
/// plaintext. Ciphertext produced by an [AEAD][ae] cipher like AEGIS provides
/// _confidentiality_, _integrity_ and _authentication_.
///
/// Note that [`From`] impls are intentionally omitted to prevent accidental
/// parameter swaps. The goal is to force the caller to spell out the name of
/// this type.
///
/// [ae]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption
;
/// Stores a reference to associated data bytes.
///
/// This type exists to help prevent accidental parameter swaps in function
/// calls. It can be created from a [`&[u8]`][slice], a [`&mut [u8]`][slice] or
/// any other type that implements [`AsRef<[u8]>`][AsRef].
///
/// "Associated data" is the _public additional data_ that the sender will
/// provide along with the ciphertext to the receiver. This data is NOT
/// _encrypted_, but it is _authenticated_ along with the ciphertext during
/// decryption.
///
/// It's common for associated data to be empty when there's no need for it. See
/// [`AssociatedData::EMPTY`][crate::easy::AssociatedData::EMPTY]; the
/// [`Default`] impl returns
/// [`AssociatedData::EMPTY`][crate::easy::AssociatedData::EMPTY] as well.
///
/// The concept of "associated data" can be confusing without understanding
/// _why_ someone might want to _authenticate_ data without encrypting it.
///
/// Imagine we wish to encrypt the payload of an [IP] packet. We _cannot_
/// encrypt the _source_ and _destination_ fields of the packet because they
/// must remain public so that [routers] can route the packet. Yet we still want
/// to ensure that these fields are _not modified by an attacker_ between the
/// sender and receiver. Including the source and destination data as
/// _associated data_ during the encryption of the packet payload provides
/// the data _integrity_ we desire. When the receiver tries to decrypt the
/// packet payload, they will include the sender and receiver data as the
/// associated data. The decryption process will fail with an error if the
/// associated data was modified.
///
/// Note that [`From`] impls are intentionally omitted to prevent accidental
/// parameter swaps. The goal is to force the caller to spell out the name of
/// this type.
///
/// [IP]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol
/// [routers]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(computing)
;