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authorAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2013-11-02 14:03:34 -0700
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2013-11-02 14:03:34 -0700
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Document and implement the public API for when the backend doesn't support the requested algorithm
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@@ -42,12 +42,21 @@ where the encrypter and decrypter both use the same key.
:class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.CipherContext`
provider.
+ If the backend doesn't support the requested combination of ``cipher``
+ and ``mode`` a :class:`cryptography.exceptions.NoSuchAlgorithm` will
+ be raised.
+
.. method:: decryptor()
:return: A decrypting
:class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.CipherContext`
provider.
+ If the backend doesn't support the requested combination of ``cipher``
+ and ``mode`` a :class:`cryptography.exceptions.NoSuchAlgorithm` will
+ be raised.
+
+
.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces
.. class:: CipherContext