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* $Id: KeyName.java,v 1.4 2005/05/10 16:35:35 mullan Exp $
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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:
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* <pre>
* <element name="KeyName" type="string"/>
* </pre>
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* 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>
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* @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</code>.
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* @return the name of this <code>KeyName</code> (never
* <code>null</code>)
*/
String getName();
}