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The SignatureMethod.java Java example source code

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/*
 * $Id: SignatureMethod.java,v 1.5 2005/05/10 16:03:46 mullan Exp $
 */
package javax.xml.crypto.dsig;

import javax.xml.crypto.AlgorithmMethod;
import javax.xml.crypto.XMLStructure;
import javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec.SignatureMethodParameterSpec;
import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;

/**
 * A representation of the XML <code>SignatureMethod element
 * as defined in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/">
 * W3C Recommendation for XML-Signature Syntax and Processing</a>.
 * The XML Schema Definition is defined as:
 * <p>
 * <pre>
 *   <element name="SignatureMethod" type="ds:SignatureMethodType"/>
 *     <complexType name="SignatureMethodType" mixed="true">
 *       <sequence>
 *         <element name="HMACOutputLength" minOccurs="0" type="ds:HMACOutputLengthType"/>
 *         <any namespace="##any" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
 *           <!-- (0,unbounded) elements from (1,1) namespace -->
 *       </sequence>
 *       <attribute name="Algorithm" type="anyURI" use="required"/>
 *     </complexType>
 * </pre>
 *
 * A <code>SignatureMethod instance may be created by invoking the
 * {@link XMLSignatureFactory#newSignatureMethod newSignatureMethod} method
 * of the {@link XMLSignatureFactory} class.
 *
 * @author Sean Mullan
 * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
 * @since 1.6
 * @see XMLSignatureFactory#newSignatureMethod(String, SignatureMethodParameterSpec)
 */
public interface SignatureMethod extends XMLStructure, AlgorithmMethod {

    /**
     * The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#dsa-sha1">DSAwithSHA1
     * (DSS) signature method algorithm URI.
     */
    static final String DSA_SHA1 =
        "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#dsa-sha1";

    /**
     * The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1">RSAwithSHA1
     * (PKCS #1) signature method algorithm URI.
     */
    static final String RSA_SHA1 =
        "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1";

    /**
     * The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#hmac-sha1">HMAC-SHA1
     * MAC signature method algorithm URI
     */
    static final String HMAC_SHA1 =
        "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#hmac-sha1";

    /**
     * Returns the algorithm-specific input parameters of this
     * <code>SignatureMethod.
     *
     * <p>The returned parameters can be typecast to a {@link
     * SignatureMethodParameterSpec} object.
     *
     * @return the algorithm-specific input parameters of this
     *    <code>SignatureMethod (may be null if not
     *    specified)
     */
    AlgorithmParameterSpec getParameterSpec();
}