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//! `PrehashSignature` trait.
/// For intra-doc link resolution.
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use crate::{
signer::{DigestSigner, Signer},
verifier::{DigestVerifier, Verifier},
};
/// Marker trait for `Signature` types computable as `𝐒(𝐇(𝒎))`
/// i.e. ones which prehash a message to be signed as `𝐇(𝒎)`
///
/// Where:
///
/// - `𝐒`: signature algorithm
/// - `𝐇`: hash (a.k.a. digest) function
/// - `𝒎`: message
///
/// This approach is relatively common in signature schemes based on the
/// [Fiat-Shamir heuristic].
///
/// For signature types that implement this trait, when the `derive` crate
/// feature is enabled a custom derive for [`Signer`] is available for any
/// types that impl [`DigestSigner`], and likewise for deriving [`Verifier`] for
/// types which impl [`DigestVerifier`].
///
/// [Fiat-Shamir heuristic]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat%E2%80%93Shamir_heuristic
pub trait PrehashSignature {
/// Preferred `Digest` algorithm to use when computing this signature type.
type Digest: digest::Digest;
}
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