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Java library for Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

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package com.nimbusds.jose;


import java.util.Set;


/**
 * Common interface for JSON Web Signature (JWS) {@link JWSSigner signers} and
 * {@link JWSVerifier verifiers}.
 *
 * Callers can query the JWS provider to determine its algorithm 
 * capabilities.
 *
 * @author  Vladimir Dzhuvinov
 * @version $version$ (2014-04-20)
 */
public interface JWSAlgorithmProvider extends AlgorithmProvider {


	/**
	 * Returns the names of the supported JWS algorithms. These correspond 
	 * to the {@code alg} JWS header parameter.
	 *
	 * @return The supported JWS algorithms, empty set if none.
	 */
	public Set supportedAlgorithms();
}