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/*
 * Copyright 2010-2024 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
 * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * A copy of the License is located at
 * 
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 * 
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package com.amazonaws.auth;

/**
 * Provides access to the AWS credentials used for accessing AWS services: AWS
 * access key ID and secret access key. These credentials are used to securely
 * sign requests to AWS services.
 * 
 * A basic implementation of this interface is provided in
 * {@link BasicAWSCredentials}, but callers are free to provide their own
 * implementation, for example, to load AWS credentials from an encrypted file.
 * 
 * For more details on AWS access keys, see: Accessing AWS using your AWS Credentials
 */
public interface AWSCredentials {

    /**
     * Returns the AWS access key ID for this credentials object. 
     * 
     * @return The AWS access key ID for this credentials object. 
     */
    public String getAWSAccessKeyId();

    /**
     * Returns the AWS secret access key for this credentials object.
     * 
     * @return The AWS secret access key for this credentials object.
     */
    public String getAWSSecretKey();

}