TrifidCipher Class Reference

Implementation of the Trifid fractionating transposition cipher. More...

Inheritance diagram for TrifidCipher:

Collaboration diagram for TrifidCipher:

Public Member Functions
	constructor (period:number=5)
	Constructor for Trifid cipher.

Data Fields
readonly	CipherName = "Trifid"
	Identifier name for this cipher.
Data Fields inherited from BaseCipher
abstract abstract encode(plaintext:string, key?:any) abstract decode(ciphertext:string, key?:any) readonly	CipherName: string
	Abstract method to encode plaintext.

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Attributes inherited from BaseCipher
static readonly	ALPHABET: string = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
	Standard English alphabet for cipher operations.

Detailed Description

Implementation of the Trifid fractionating transposition cipher.

Uses 3D coordinates (row, column, depth) and period-based grouping to create a more complex cipher than Bifid. Coordinates are rearranged in groups before being converted back to letters.

Definition at line 23 of file trifid.ts.

Member Function Documentation

constructor()

TrifidCipher::constructor ( period:number = 5 )

inline

Constructor for Trifid cipher.

Parameters

period

The grouping period for coordinate transposition (default: 5)

Initializes the cipher with configurable period. Common historical value is 5.

Definition at line 40 of file trifid.ts.

Field Documentation

CipherName

readonly TrifidCipher::CipherName = "Trifid"

Identifier name for this cipher.

Definition at line 27 of file trifid.ts.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• vscode/asperheader/src/modules/ciphers/flavoured/trifid.ts