NAME

       Mail::DKIM::Algorithm::Base - base class for DKIM "algorithms"

SYNOPSIS

         my $algorithm = new Mail::DKIM::Algorithm::rsa_sha1(
                             Signature => $dkim_signature
                         );

         # add headers
         $algorithm->add_header("Subject: this is the subject\015\012");
         $algorithm->finish_header;

         # add body
         $algorithm->add_body("This is the body.\015\012");
         $algorithm->add_body("Another line of the body.\015\012");
         $algorithm->finish_body;

         # now sign or verify...
         # TODO...

CONSTRUCTOR

       You should not create an object of this class directly. Instead, use one of the DKIM
       algorithm implementation classes, such as rsa_sha1:

         my $algorithm = new Mail::DKIM::Algorithm::rsa_sha1(
                             Signature => $dkim_signature
                         );

METHODS

   add_body() - feeds part of the body into the algorithm/canonicalization
         $algorithm->add_body("This is the body.\015\012");
         $algorithm->add_body("Another line of the body.\015\012");

       The body should be fed one "line" at a time.

   add_header() - feeds a header field into the algorithm/canonicalization
         $algorithm->add_header("Subject: this is the subject\015\012");

       The header must start with the header field name and continue through any folded lines
       (including the embedded <CRLF> sequences). It terminates with the <CRLF> at the end of the
       header field.

   finish_body() - signals the end of the message body
         $algorithm->finish_body

       Call this method when all lines from the body have been submitted.  After calling this
       method, use sign() or verify() to get the results from the algorithm.

   finish_header() - signals the end of the header field block
         $algorithm->finish_header;

       Call this method when all the headers have been submitted.

   sign() - generates a signature using a private key
         $base64 = $algorithm->sign($private_key);

   signature() - get/set the signature worked on by this algorithm
         my $old_signature = $algorithm->signature;
         $algorithm->signature($new_signature);

   verify() - verifies a signature
         $result = $algorithm->verify();

       Must be called after finish_body().

       The result is a true/false value: true indicates the signature data is valid, false
       indicates it is invalid.

       For an invalid signature, details may be obtained from $algorithm->{verification_details}
       or $@.

SEE ALSO

       Mail::DKIM

AUTHOR

       Jason Long, <jlong@messiah.edu>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2005-2007 by Messiah College

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of
       Perl 5 you may have available.