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Apache XML Security for Java supports XML-Signature Syntax and Processing, W3C Recommendation 12 February 2002, and XML Encryption Syntax and Processing, W3C Recommendation 10 December 2002. As of version 1.4, the library supports the standard Java API JSR-105: XML Digital Signature APIs.

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package org.apache.xml.security.encryption;

import java.util.Iterator;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Additional information items concerning the generation of the
 * EncryptedData or EncryptedKey can be placed in an
 * EncryptionProperty element (e.g., date/time stamp or the serial
 * number of cryptographic hardware used during encryption). The Target
 * attribute identifies the EncryptedType structure being
 * described. anyAttribute permits the inclusion of attributes from the XML
 * namespace to be included (i.e., xml:space,
 * xml:lang, and xml:base).
 * 
 * It is defined as follows:
 * 

 * <element name='EncryptionProperty' type='xenc:EncryptionPropertyType'/>
 * <complexType name='EncryptionPropertyType' mixed='true'>
 *     <choice maxOccurs='unbounded'>
 *         <any namespace='##other' processContents='lax'/>
 *     </choice>
 *     <attribute name='Target' type='anyURI' use='optional'/>
 *     <attribute name='Id' type='ID' use='optional'/>
 *     <anyAttribute namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"/>
 * </complexType>
 * 
 *
 * @author Axl Mattheus
 */
public interface EncryptionProperty {
    
    /**
     * Returns the EncryptedType being described.
     *
     * @return the EncryptedType being described by this
     *   EncryptionProperty.
     */
    String getTarget();

    /**
     * Sets the target.
     *
     * @param target
     */
    void setTarget(String target);

    /**
     * Returns the id of the EncryptionProperty.
     *
     * @return the id.
     */
    String getId();

    /**
     * Sets the id.
     *
     * @param id
     */
    void setId(String id);

    /**
     * Returns the attribute's value in the xml namespace.
     *
     * @param attribute
     * @return the attribute's value.
     */
    String getAttribute(String attribute);

    /**
     * Set the attribute value.
     *
     * @param attribute the attribute's name.
     * @param value the attribute's value.
     */
    void setAttribute(String attribute, String value);

    /**
     * Returns the properties of the EncryptionProperty.
     *
     * @return an Iterator over all the additional encryption
     *   information contained in this class.
     */
    Iterator getEncryptionInformation();

    /**
     * Adds encryption information.
     *
     * @param information the additional encryption information.
     */
    void addEncryptionInformation(Element information);

    /**
     * Removes encryption information.
     *
     * @param information the information to remove.
     */
    void removeEncryptionInformation(Element information);
}