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+//! A module that handles key generation and key loading
+
+use super::utils::{hashing, random};
+
+/// A shared key length parameter for all cryptographic operations
+/// 
+/// This is *not* ideal and should be replaced with something better
+/// at some point in the future
+pub const KEY_LENGTH: usize = 64;
+
+/// A wrapper to represent a key for encryption
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
+pub struct Key {
+    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl Key {
+
+    /// Create a new key from scratch
+    pub fn generate() -> Key {
+        let data = random::bytes(KEY_LENGTH);
+        return Key { data: data };
+    }
+
+    /// Use a password as a key
+    pub fn from_password(password: &str, salt: &str) -> Key {
+        let hashed = hashing::blake2(password, salt);
+        let mut vec: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        for b in &hashed {
+            vec.push(b.clone());
+        }
+        return Key { data: vec };
+    }
+
+    /// Used to get the raw data from this key, as a slice copy
+    pub fn to_slice(&self) -> [u8; KEY_LENGTH] {
+        let mut slice: [u8; KEY_LENGTH] = [0; KEY_LENGTH];
+        slice.clone_from_slice(&self.data);
+        return slice;
+    }
+}