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package org.apache.james.jspf.policies;


import org.apache.james.jspf.core.SPF1Record;
import org.apache.james.jspf.core.exceptions.NeutralException;
import org.apache.james.jspf.core.exceptions.NoneException;
import org.apache.james.jspf.core.exceptions.PermErrorException;
import org.apache.james.jspf.core.exceptions.TempErrorException;

/**
 * Return an spf record from a given domain. 
 */
public interface Policy {

    /**
     * Get a record for the given domain
     * 
     * @param currentDomain the domain to retrieve the SPFRecord for
     * @return the SPFRecord found
     * @throws PermErrorException exception
     * @throws TempErrorException exception
     * @throws NoneException exception
     * @throws NeutralException exception
     */
    public SPF1Record getSPFRecord(String currentDomain)
            throws PermErrorException, TempErrorException, NoneException,
            NeutralException;

}