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/*
 * $Id: KeyName.java,v 1.4 2005/05/10 16:35:35 mullan Exp $
 */
package javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo;

import javax.xml.crypto.XMLStructure;

/**
 * A representation of the XML <code>KeyName 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 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 instance may be created by invoking the
 * {@link KeyInfoFactory#newKeyName newKeyName} method of the
 * {@link KeyInfoFactory} class, and passing it a <code>String
 * 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
 * @since 1.6
 * @see KeyInfoFactory#newKeyName(String)
 */
public interface KeyName extends XMLStructure {

    /**
     * Returns the name of this <code>KeyName.
     *
     * @return the name of this <code>KeyName (never
     *    <code>null)
     */
    String getName();
}