IdentityService.java

/*
 * eID Applet Project.
 * Copyright (C) 2010 FedICT.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version
 * 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this software; if not, see 
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 */

package be.fedict.eid.applet.service.spi;

/**
 * Interface for identity services. An identity service allows for run-time
 * selected of required identity data like address, photo.
 * 
 * @author Frank Cornelis
 * 
 */
public interface IdentityService {

	/**
	 * Gives back an identity request object that indicates what eID identity
	 * data we exactly want to retrieve from the user.
	 * 
	 * @return the identity request object.
	 */
	IdentityRequest getIdentityRequest();
}