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#ifndef QSC_HQC_H
#define QSC_HQC_H
 
#include "qsccommon.h"
#if defined(QSC_SYSTEM_HAS_AVX2)
    #include "hqcbase_avx2.h"
#else
    #include "hqcbase.h"
#endif
 
QSC_CPLUSPLUS_ENABLED_START

 
#if defined(QSC_HQC_S1N2321)

#   define QSC_HQC_PUBLICKEY_SIZE 2241U

#   define QSC_HQC_PRIVATEKEY_SIZE 2321U

#   define QSC_HQC_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE 4433U

#   define QSC_HQC_ALGNAME "HQC-2321"
 
#elif defined(QSC_HQC_S3N4602)

#   define QSC_HQC_PUBLICKEY_SIZE 4514U

#   define QSC_HQC_PRIVATEKEY_SIZE 4602U

#   define QSC_HQC_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE 8978U

#   define QSC_HQC_ALGNAME "HQC-4602"
 
#elif defined(QSC_HQC_S5N7333)

#   define QSC_HQC_PUBLICKEY_SIZE 7237U

#   define QSC_HQC_PRIVATEKEY_SIZE 7333U

#   define QSC_HQC_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE 14421U

#   define QSC_HQC_ALGNAME "HQC-7333"
 
#else
#   error "A valid HQC parameter set must be defined: QSC_HQC_S1N2321, QSC_HQC_S3N4602, or QSC_HQC_S5N7333."
#endif

#define QSC_HQC_SEED_SIZE 32U

#define QSC_HQC_SHAREDSECRET_SIZE 32U

QSC_EXPORT_API bool qsc_hqc_decapsulate(uint8_t* secret, const uint8_t* ciphertext, const uint8_t* privatekey);

QSC_EXPORT_API bool qsc_hqc_encapsulate(uint8_t* secret, uint8_t* ciphertext, const uint8_t* publickey, bool (*rng_generate)(uint8_t*, size_t));

void qsc_hqc_seeded_encapsulate(uint8_t* secret, uint8_t* ciphertext, const uint8_t* publickey, const uint8_t seed[QSC_HQC_SEED_SIZE]);

QSC_EXPORT_API bool qsc_hqc_generate_keypair(uint8_t* publickey, uint8_t* privatekey, bool (*rng_generate)(uint8_t*, size_t));

QSC_EXPORT_API void qsc_hqc_generate_seeded_keypair(uint8_t* publickey, uint8_t* privatekey, uint8_t* seed);
 
QSC_CPLUSPLUS_ENABLED_END
 
#endif