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/*
* $Id: URIDereferencer.java 1092655 2011-04-15 10:24:18Z coheigea $
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package javax.xml.crypto;
/**
* A dereferencer of {@link URIReference}s.
*
* The result of dereferencing a URIReference is either an
* instance of {@link OctetStreamData} or {@link NodeSetData}. Unless the
* URIReference is a same-document reference as defined
* in section 4.2 of the W3C Recommendation for XML-Signature Syntax and
* Processing, the result of dereferencing the URIReference
* MUST be an OctetStreamData.
*
* @author Sean Mullan
* @author Joyce Leung
* @author JSR 105 Expert Group
* @see XMLCryptoContext#setURIDereferencer(URIDereferencer)
* @see XMLCryptoContext#getURIDereferencer
*/
public interface URIDereferencer {
/**
* Dereferences the specified URIReference and returns the
* dereferenced data.
*
* @param uriReference the URIReference
* @param context an XMLCryptoContext that may
* contain additional useful information for dereferencing the URI. This
* implementation should dereference the specified
* URIReference against the context's baseURI
* parameter, if specified.
* @return the dereferenced data
* @throws NullPointerException if uriReference or
* context are null
* @throws URIReferenceException if an exception occurs while
* dereferencing the specified uriReference
*/
Data dereference(URIReference uriReference, XMLCryptoContext context)
throws URIReferenceException;
}