Manifest.java

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/*
 * $Id: Manifest.java,v 1.7 2005/05/10 16:03:46 mullan Exp $
 */
package javax.xml.crypto.dsig;

import javax.xml.crypto.XMLStructure;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * A representation of the XML <code>Manifest</code> 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:
 * <pre>{@code
 * <element name="Manifest" type="ds:ManifestType"/>
 *   <complexType name="ManifestType">
 *     <sequence>
 *       <element ref="ds:Reference" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
 *     </sequence>
 *     <attribute name="Id" type="ID" use="optional"/>
 *   </complexType>
 * }</pre>
 *
 * A <code>Manifest</code> instance may be created by invoking
 * one of the {@link XMLSignatureFactory#newManifest newManifest}
 * methods of the {@link XMLSignatureFactory} class; for example:
 *
 * <pre>
 *   XMLSignatureFactory factory = XMLSignatureFactory.getInstance("DOM");
 *   Reference ref = factory.newReference("#reference-1", DigestMethod.SHA1);
 *   List<Reference> references = Collections.singletonList(ref);
 *   Manifest manifest = factory.newManifest(references, "manifest-1");
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author Sean Mullan
 * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
 * @since 1.6
 * @see XMLSignatureFactory#newManifest(List)
 * @see XMLSignatureFactory#newManifest(List, String)
 */
public interface Manifest extends XMLStructure {

    /**
     * URI that identifies the <code>Manifest</code> element (this can be
     * specified as the value of the <code>type</code> parameter of the
     * {@link Reference} class to identify the referent's type).
     */
    final static String TYPE = "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#Manifest";

    /**
     * Returns the Id of this <code>Manifest</code>.
     *
     * @return the Id  of this <code>Manifest</code> (or <code>null</code>
     *    if not specified)
     */
    String getId();

    /**
     * Returns an {@link java.util.Collections#unmodifiableList unmodifiable
     * list} of one or more {@link Reference}s that are contained in this
     * <code>Manifest</code>.
     *
     * @return an unmodifiable list of one or more <code>Reference</code>s
     */
    List<Reference> getReferences();
}