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 * Copyright (c) 2013 - 2017 Lijun Liao
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package org.xipki.security;

import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

import org.xipki.common.ObjectCreationException;

/**
 * @author Lijun Liao
 * @since 2.0.0
 */

public interface SignerFactory {

    /**
     *
     * @param type
     *          Type of the signer. Must no be {@code null}.
     */
    boolean canCreateSigner(String type);

    /**
     *
     * @param type
     *          Type of the signer. Must not be {@code null}.
     * @param conf
     *          Configuration of the signer. Must not be {@code null}.
     * @param certificateChain
     *          Certificate chain of the signer. Could be {@code null}.
     *
     * @return new signer.
     * @throws ObjectCreationException if signer could not be created.
     */
    ConcurrentContentSigner newSigner(String type, SignerConf conf,
            X509Certificate[] certificateChain) throws ObjectCreationException;

}