RailFenceCipher Class Reference

Implementation of the Rail Fence transposition cipher. More...

Inheritance diagram for RailFenceCipher:

Collaboration diagram for RailFenceCipher:

Public Member Functions
	constructor ()
	Constructor for Rail Fence cipher.

Data Fields
readonly	CipherName = "RailFence"
	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 Rail Fence transposition cipher.

Arranges plaintext in a zigzag pattern across multiple rails (rows), then reads the text row-wise to create the ciphertext. The pattern alternates direction when reaching the top or bottom rail.

Definition at line 21 of file railfence.ts.

Member Function Documentation

constructor()

RailFenceCipher::constructor ( )

inline

Constructor for Rail Fence cipher.

Initializes the Rail Fence cipher. The number of rails is specified during encode/decode operations.

Definition at line 32 of file railfence.ts.

Field Documentation

CipherName

readonly RailFenceCipher::CipherName = "RailFence"

Identifier name for this cipher.

Definition at line 25 of file railfence.ts.

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

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