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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;

/**
 * CipherData provides encrypted data. It must either contain the
 * encrypted octet sequence as base64 encoded text of the
 * CipherValue element, or provide a reference to an external
 * location containing the encrypted octet sequence via the
 * CipherReference element.
 * 
 * The schema definition is as follows:
 * 

 * <element name='CipherData' type='xenc:CipherDataType'/>
 * <complexType name='CipherDataType'>
 *     <choice>
 *         <element name='CipherValue' type='base64Binary'/>
 *         <element ref='xenc:CipherReference'/>
 *     </choice>
 * </complexType>
 * 
 *
 * @author Axl Mattheus
 */
public interface CipherData {
    
    /** VALUE_TYPE ASN */
    int VALUE_TYPE = 0x00000001;
    
    /** REFERENCE_TYPE ASN */
    int REFERENCE_TYPE = 0x00000002;

    /**
     * Returns the type of encrypted data contained in the
     * CipherData.
     *
     * @return VALUE_TYPE if the encrypted data is contained as
     *   CipherValue or REFERENCE_TYPE if the
     *   encrypted data is contained as CipherReference.
     */
    int getDataType();

    /**
     * Returns the cipher value as a base64 encoded byte array.
     *
     * @return the CipherData's value.
     */
    CipherValue getCipherValue();

    /**
     * Sets the CipherData's value.
     *
     * @param value the value of the CipherData.
     * @throws XMLEncryptionException
     */
    void setCipherValue(CipherValue value) throws XMLEncryptionException;

    /**
     * Returns a reference to an external location containing the encrypted
     * octet sequence (byte array).
     *
     * @return the reference to an external location containing the encrypted
     * octet sequence.
     */
    CipherReference getCipherReference();

    /**
     * Sets the CipherData's reference.
     *
     * @param reference an external location containing the encrypted octet sequence.
     * @throws XMLEncryptionException
     */
    void setCipherReference(CipherReference reference) throws XMLEncryptionException;
}