| /* |
| * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| * |
| */ |
| /* |
| * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. |
| */ |
| /* |
| * $Id$ |
| */ |
| package javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo; |
| |
| import javax.xml.crypto.XMLStructure; |
| |
| /** |
| * A representation of the XML <code>KeyName</code> element as |
| * defined in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/"> |
| * W3C Recommendation for XML-Signature Syntax and Processing</a>. |
| * A <code>KeyName</code> object contains a string value which may be used |
| * by the signer to communicate a key identifier to the recipient. The |
| * XML Schema Definition is defined as: |
| * |
| * <pre> |
| * <element name="KeyName" type="string"/> |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * A <code>KeyName</code> instance may be created by invoking the |
| * {@link KeyInfoFactory#newKeyName newKeyName} method of the |
| * {@link KeyInfoFactory} class, and passing it a <code>String</code> |
| * representing the name of the key; for example: |
| * <pre> |
| * KeyInfoFactory factory = KeyInfoFactory.getInstance("DOM"); |
| * KeyName keyName = factory.newKeyName("Alice"); |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * @author Sean Mullan |
| * @author JSR 105 Expert Group |
| * @see KeyInfoFactory#newKeyName(String) |
| */ |
| public interface KeyName extends XMLStructure { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of this <code>KeyName</code>. |
| * |
| * @return the name of this <code>KeyName</code> (never |
| * <code>null</code>) |
| */ |
| String getName(); |
| } |