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/* ====================================================================
   This product contains an ASLv2 licensed version of the OOXML signer
   package from the eID Applet project
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package org.apache.poi.poifs.crypt.dsig.services;

Interface for the signature policy service.
Author:
Frank Cornelis/**
 * Interface for the signature policy service.
 * 
 * @author Frank Cornelis
 * 
 */
public interface SignaturePolicyService {

    
Gives back the signature policy identifier URI.
Returns:
the signature policy identifier URI./**
     * Gives back the signature policy identifier URI.
     * 
     * @return the signature policy identifier URI.
     */
    String getSignaturePolicyIdentifier();

    
Gives back the short description of the signature policy or
null if a description is not available.
Returns:
the description, or null./**
     * Gives back the short description of the signature policy or
     * <code>null</code> if a description is not available.
     * 
     * @return the description, or <code>null</code>.
     */
    String getSignaturePolicyDescription();

    
Gives back the download URL where the signature policy document can be
found. Can be null in case such a download location does not
exist.
Returns:
the download URL, or null./**
     * Gives back the download URL where the signature policy document can be
     * found. Can be <code>null</code> in case such a download location does not
     * exist.
     * 
     * @return the download URL, or <code>null</code>.
     */
    String getSignaturePolicyDownloadUrl();

    
Gives back the signature policy document.
Returns:
the bytes of the signature policy document./**
     * Gives back the signature policy document.
     * 
     * @return the bytes of the signature policy document.
     */
    byte[] getSignaturePolicyDocument();
}