From c685c4e7358ec1fe235b05d64cdcbdd626543de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bit-aloo <sshourya17@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 16:16:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add AeadCipher trait abstraction

- Define a common trait `AeadCipher` for encryption/decryption.
- Provide methods for both "combined" and "detached" encryption modes:
  - encrypt / decrypt
  - encrypt_detached / decrypt_detached
---
 core/storage/encryption.rs | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/storage/encryption.rs b/core/storage/encryption.rs
index 5211f1b38..a37c2eaaf 100644
--- a/core/storage/encryption.rs
+++ b/core/storage/encryption.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ impl Drop for EncryptionKey {
     }
 }
 
+pub trait AeadCipher {
+    fn encrypt(&self, plaintext: &[u8], ad: &[u8]) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)>;
+    fn decrypt(&self, ciphertext: &[u8], nonce: &[u8], ad: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
+
+    fn encrypt_detached(&self, plaintext: &[u8], ad: &[u8]) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)>;
+
+    fn decrypt_detached(
+        &self,
+        ciphertext: &[u8],
+        nonce: &[u8],
+        tag: &[u8],
+        ad: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
+}
+
 // wrapper struct for AEGIS-256 cipher, because the crate we use is a bit low-level and we add
 // some nice abstractions here
 // note, the AEGIS has many variants and support for hardware acceleration. Here we just use the