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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: SignatureMethod.java 1333869 2012-05-04 10:42:44Z coheigea $
 */
package javax.xml.crypto.dsig;

import javax.xml.crypto.AlgorithmMethod;
import javax.xml.crypto.XMLStructure;
import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;

/**
 * A representation of the XML SignatureMethod element 
 * as defined in the 
 * W3C Recommendation for XML-Signature Syntax and Processing.
 * The XML Schema Definition is defined as:
 * 
 * 
 *   <element name="SignatureMethod" type="ds:SignatureMethodType"/>
 *     <complexType name="SignatureMethodType" mixed="true">
 *       <sequence>
 *         <element name="HMACOutputLength" minOccurs="0" type="ds:HMACOutputLengthType"/>
 *         <any namespace="##any" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
 *           <!-- (0,unbounded) elements from (1,1) namespace -->
 *       </sequence>
 *       <attribute name="Algorithm" type="anyURI" use="required"/>
 *     </complexType>
 * 
 *
 * A SignatureMethod instance may be created by invoking the
 * {@link XMLSignatureFactory#newSignatureMethod newSignatureMethod} method
 * of the {@link XMLSignatureFactory} class.
 *
 * @author Sean Mullan
 * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
 * @see XMLSignatureFactory#newSignatureMethod(String, SignatureMethodParameterSpec)
 */
public interface SignatureMethod extends XMLStructure, AlgorithmMethod {

    /**
     * The DSAwithSHA1
     * (DSS) signature method algorithm URI.
     */
    String DSA_SHA1 =
        "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#dsa-sha1";

    /**
     * The RSAwithSHA1
     * (PKCS #1) signature method algorithm URI.
     */
    String RSA_SHA1 = 
        "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1";

    /**
     * The HMAC-SHA1
     * MAC signature method algorithm URI 
     */
    String HMAC_SHA1 =
        "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#hmac-sha1";

    /**
     * Returns the algorithm-specific input parameters of this  
     * SignatureMethod.
     *
     * The returned parameters can be typecast to a {@link
     * javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec.SignatureMethodParameterSpec} object.
     *
     * @return the algorithm-specific input parameters of this 
     *    SignatureMethod (may be null if not 
     *    specified)
     */
    AlgorithmParameterSpec getParameterSpec();
}