/* * Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. *//* * $Id: AlgorithmMethod.java,v 1.4 2005/05/10 15:47:41 mullan Exp $ */package javax.xml.crypto; import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec; /** * An abstract representation of an algorithm defined in the XML Security * specifications. Subclasses represent specific types of XML security * algorithms, such as a {@link javax.xml.crypto.dsig.Transform}. * * @author Sean Mullan * @author JSR 105 Expert Group * @since 1.6 */public interface AlgorithmMethod {     /**     * Returns the algorithm URI of this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code>.     *     * @return the algorithm URI of this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code>     */    String getAlgorithm();     /**     * Returns the algorithm parameters of this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code>.     *     * @return the algorithm parameters of this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code>.     *    Returns <code>null</code> if this <code>AlgorithmMethod</code> does     *    not require parameters and they are not specified.     */    AlgorithmParameterSpec getParameterSpec();}