| J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
| 2 | * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 25 | /* |
| 26 | * $Id: AlgorithmMethod.java,v 1.4 2005/05/10 15:47:41 mullan Exp $ |
| 27 | */ |
| 28 | package javax.xml.crypto; |
| 29 | |
| 30 | import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec; |
| 31 | |
| 32 | /** |
| 33 | * An abstract representation of an algorithm defined in the XML Security |
| 34 | * specifications. Subclasses represent specific types of XML security |
| 35 | * algorithms, such as a {@link javax.xml.crypto.dsig.Transform}. |
| 36 | * |
| 37 | * @author Sean Mullan |
| 38 | * @author JSR 105 Expert Group |
| 39 | * @since 1.6 |
| 40 | */ |
| 41 | public interface AlgorithmMethod { |
| 42 | |
| 43 | /** |
| 44 | * Returns the algorithm URI of this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code>. |
| 45 | * |
| 46 | * @return the algorithm URI of this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code> |
| 47 | */ |
| 48 | String getAlgorithm(); |
| 49 | |
| 50 | /** |
| 51 | * Returns the algorithm parameters of this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code>. |
| 52 | * |
| 53 | * @return the algorithm parameters of this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code>. |
| 54 | * Returns <code>null</code> if this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code> does |
| 55 | * not require parameters and they are not specified. |
| 56 | */ |
| 57 | AlgorithmParameterSpec getParameterSpec(); |
| 58 | } |