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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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/*
 * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 */
/*
 * $Id: URIReference.java 1092655 2011-04-15 10:24:18Z coheigea $
 */
package javax.xml.crypto;

/**
 * Identifies a data object via a URI-Reference, as specified by 
 * RFC 2396.
 *
 * Note that some subclasses may not have a type attribute
 * and for objects of those types, the {@link #getType} method always returns 
 * null. 
 *
 * @author Sean Mullan
 * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
 * @see URIDereferencer
 */
public interface URIReference {

    /**
     * Returns the URI of the referenced data object.
     *
     * @return the URI of the data object in RFC 2396 format (may be
     *    null if not specified)
     */
    String getURI();

    /**
     * Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.
     *
     * @return the type (a URI) of the data object (may be null 
     *    if not specified)
     */
    String getType();
}