bintzwing/core/bitArray.js

/** @fileOverview Arrays of bits, encoded as arrays of Numbers.
 *
 * @author Emily Stark
 * @author Mike Hamburg
 * @author Dan Boneh
 */

/** @namespace Arrays of bits, encoded as arrays of Numbers.
 *
 * @description
 * <p>
 * These objects are the currency accepted by SJCL's crypto functions.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * Most of our crypto primitives operate on arrays of 4-byte words internally,
 * but many of them can take arguments that are not a multiple of 4 bytes.
 * This library encodes arrays of bits (whose size need not be a multiple of 8
 * bits) as arrays of 32-bit words.  The bits are packed, big-endian, into an
 * array of words, 32 bits at a time.  Since the words are double-precision
 * floating point numbers, they fit some extra data.  We use this (in a private,
 * possibly-changing manner) to encode the number of bits actually  present
 * in the last word of the array.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * Because bitwise ops clear this out-of-band data, these arrays can be passed
 * to ciphers like AES which want arrays of words.
 * </p>
 */
sjcl.bitArray = {
  /**
   * Array slices in units of bits.
   * @param {bitArray a} The array to slice.
   * @param {Number} bstart The offset to the start of the slice, in bits.
   * @param {Number} bend The offset to the end of the slice, in bits.  If this is undefined,
   * slice until the end of the array.
   * @return {bitArray} The requested slice.
   */
  bitSlice: function (a, bstart, bend) {
    a = sjcl.bitArray._shiftRight(a.slice(bstart/32), 32 - (bstart & 31)).slice(1);
    return (bend === undefined) ? a : sjcl.bitArray.clamp(a, bend-bstart);
  },

  /**
   * Concatenate two bit arrays.
   * @param {bitArray} a1 The first array.
   * @param {bitArray} a2 The second array.
   * @return {bitArray} The concatenation of a1 and a2.
   */
  concat: function (a1, a2) {
    if (a1.length === 0 || a2.length === 0) {
      return a1.concat(a2);
    }
    
    var out, i, last = a1[a1.length-1], shift = sjcl.bitArray.getPartial(last);
    if (shift === 32) {
      return a1.concat(a2);
    } else {
      return sjcl.bitArray._shiftRight(a2, shift, last|0, a1.slice(0,a1.length-1));
    }
  },

  /**
   * Find the length of an array of bits.
   * @param {bitArray} a The array.
   * @return {Number} The length of a, in bits.
   */
  bitLength: function (a) {
    var l = a.length, x;
    if (l === 0) { return 0; }
    x = a[l - 1];
    return (l-1) * 32 + sjcl.bitArray.getPartial(x);
  },

  /**
   * Truncate an array.
   * @param {bitArray} a The array.
   * @param {Number} len The length to truncate to, in bits.
   * @return {bitArray} A new array, truncated to len bits.
   */
  clamp: function (a, len) {
    if (a.length * 32 < len) { return a; }
    a = a.slice(0, Math.ceil(len / 32));
    var l = a.length;
    len = len & 31;
    if (l > 0 && len) {
      a[l-1] = sjcl.bitArray.partial(len, a[l-1] & 0x80000000 >> (len-1), 1);
    }
    return a;
  },

  /**
   * Make a partial word for a bit array.
   * @param {Number} len The number of bits in the word.
   * @param {Number} x The bits.
   * @param {Number} [0] _end Pass 1 if x has already been shifted to the high side.
   * @return {Number} The partial word.
   */
  partial: function (len, x, _end) {
    if (len === 32) { return x; }
    return (_end ? x|0 : x << (32-len)) + len * 0x10000000000;
  },

  /**
   * Get the number of bits used by a partial word.
   * @param {Number} x The partial word.
   * @return {Number} The number of bits used by the partial word.
   */
  getPartial: function (x) {
    return Math.round(x/0x10000000000) || 32;
  },

  /**
   * Compare two arrays for equality in a predictable amount of time.
   * @param {bitArray} a The first array.
   * @param {bitArray} b The second array.
   * @return {boolean} true if a == b; false otherwise.
   */
  equal: function (a, b) {
    if (sjcl.bitArray.bitLength(a) !== sjcl.bitArray.bitLength(b)) {
      return false;
    }
    var x = 0, i;
    for (i=0; i<a.length; i++) {
      x |= a[i]^b[i];
    }
    return (x === 0);
  },

  /** Shift an array right.
   * @param {bitArray} a The array to shift.
   * @param {Number} shift The number of bits to shift.
   * @param {Number} [carry=0] A byte to carry in
   * @param {bitArray} [out=[]] An array to prepend to the output.
   * @private
   */
  _shiftRight: function (a, shift, carry, out) {
    var i, last2=0, shift2;
    if (out === undefined) { out = []; }
    
    for (; shift >= 32; shift -= 32) {
      out.push(carry);
      carry = 0;
    }
    if (shift === 0) {
      return out.concat(a);
    }
    
    for (i=0; i<a.length; i++) {
      out.push(carry | a[i]>>>shift);
      carry = a[i] << (32-shift);
    }
    last2 = a.length ? a[a.length-1] : 0;
    shift2 = sjcl.bitArray.getPartial(last2);
    out.push(sjcl.bitArray.partial(shift+shift2 & 31, (shift + shift2 > 32) ? carry : out.pop(),1));
    return out;
  },
  
  /** xor a block of 4 words together.
   * @private
   */
  _xor4: function(x,y) {
    return [x[0]^y[0],x[1]^y[1],x[2]^y[2],x[3]^y[3]];
  }
};