module cipher; private: import std.range : isInputRange, isForwardRange, ElementType, InputRange, ForwardRange, inputRangeObject; import std.string : format; import salsa20; import chacha20; public: enum Cipher { salsa20, chacha20 } template cipherFunction(R) if (isInputRange!R && is(ElementType!R : ubyte)) { static if (isForwardRange!R) alias ReturnType = ForwardRange; else alias ReturnType = InputRange; ReturnType!(ElementType!R) cipherFunction(R range, ubyte[32] key, ubyte[8] nonce, Cipher cipher) { final switch (cipher) { case Cipher.salsa20: return range.salsa20Cipher(key, nonce).inputRangeObject; case Cipher.chacha20: return range.chacha20Cipher(key, nonce).inputRangeObject; } } } unittest { import std.array; immutable ubyte[32] key; immutable ubyte[8] nonce; ubyte[] a = [1, 2, 3]; auto b = a.cipherFunction(key, nonce, Cipher.salsa20); InputRange!ubyte c = a.inputRangeObject; auto d = c.cipherFunction(key, nonce, Cipher.salsa20); static assert(isForwardRange!(typeof(b))); static assert(isInputRange!(typeof(d)) && !(isForwardRange!(typeof(d)))); }