RequestSigner.java

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package com.amazonaws.auth;


import com.amazonaws.SignableRequest;

/**
 * A strategy for applying cryptographic signatures to a request, proving
 * that the request was made by someone in posession of the given set of
 * credentials without transmitting the secret key over the wire.
 */

public interface RequestSigner {

    /**
     * Sign the given request - modifies the
     * passed-in request to apply the signature.
     *
     * @param request      The request to sign.
     */
    void sign(SignableRequest<?> request);
}