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package org.snmp4j.security;

import org.snmp4j.asn1.BERSerializable;

/**
 * The {@code SecurityParameters} interface represents the security
 * parameters in a SNMPv3 message.
 *
 * @author Frank Fock
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface SecurityParameters extends BERSerializable {

  /**
   * Gets the byte position of the first byte (counted from zero) of the
   * security parameters in the whole message.
   * @return
   *    the position of the first byte (counted from zero) of the security
   *    parameters in the whole SNMP message. -1 is returned, when the position
   *    is unknown (not set).
   */
  int getSecurityParametersPosition();

  /**
   * Sets the position of the first byte (counted from zero) of the security
   * parameters in the whole SNMP message.
   * @param pos
   *    an integer value greater or equal than zero.
   */
  void setSecurityParametersPosition(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets the maximum length of the BER encoded representation of this
   * {@code SecurityParameters} instance.
   * @param securityLevel
   *    the security level to be used.
   * @return
   *    the maximum BER encoded length in bytes.
   */
  int getBERMaxLength(int securityLevel);
}
