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	/*
	* $Id: Reference.java,v 1.9 2005/05/10 16:03:46 mullan Exp $
	*/
	package javax.xml.crypto.dsig;

	import javax.xml.crypto.Data;
	import javax.xml.crypto.URIReference;
	import javax.xml.crypto.XMLStructure;
	import java.io.InputStream;
	import java.util.List;

	/**
	* A representation of the <code>Reference</code> element as defined in the
	* <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/">
	* W3C Recommendation for XML-Signature Syntax and Processing</a>.
	* The XML schema is defined as:
	* <code><pre>
	* <element name="Reference" type="ds:ReferenceType"/>
	* <complexType name="ReferenceType">
	* <sequence>
	* <element ref="ds:Transforms" minOccurs="0"/>
	* <element ref="ds:DigestMethod"/>
	* <element ref="ds:DigestValue"/>
	* </sequence>
	* <attribute name="Id" type="ID" use="optional"/>
	* <attribute name="URI" type="anyURI" use="optional"/>
	* <attribute name="Type" type="anyURI" use="optional"/>
	* </complexType>
	*
	* <element name="DigestValue" type="ds:DigestValueType"/>
	* <simpleType name="DigestValueType">
	* <restriction base="base64Binary"/>
	* </simpleType>
	* </pre></code>
	*
	* <p>A <code>Reference</code> instance may be created by invoking one of the
	* {@link XMLSignatureFactory#newReference newReference} methods of the
	* {@link XMLSignatureFactory} class; for example:
	*
	* <pre>
	* XMLSignatureFactory factory = XMLSignatureFactory.getInstance("DOM");
	* Reference ref = factory.newReference
	* ("http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3275.txt",
	* factory.newDigestMethod(DigestMethod.SHA1, null));
	* </pre>
	*
	* @author Sean Mullan
	* @author Erwin van der Koogh
	* @author JSR 105 Expert Group
	* @since 1.6
	* @see XMLSignatureFactory#newReference(String, DigestMethod)
	* @see XMLSignatureFactory#newReference(String, DigestMethod, List, String, String)
	*/
	public interface Reference extends URIReference, XMLStructure {

	/**
	* Returns an {@link java.util.Collections#unmodifiableList unmodifiable
	* list} of {@link Transform}s that are contained in this
	* <code>Reference</code>.
	*
	* @return an unmodifiable list of <code>Transform</code>s
	* (may be empty but never <code>null</code>)
	*/
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	List getTransforms();

	/**
	* Returns the digest method of this <code>Reference</code>.
	*
	* @return the digest method
	*/
	DigestMethod getDigestMethod();

	/**
	* Returns the optional <code>Id</code> attribute of this
	* <code>Reference</code>, which permits this reference to be
	* referenced from elsewhere.
	*
	* @return the <code>Id</code> attribute (may be <code>null</code> if not
	* specified)
	*/
	String getId();

	/**
	* Returns the digest value of this <code>Reference</code>.
	*
	* @return the raw digest value, or <code>null</code> if this reference has
	* not been digested yet. Each invocation of this method returns a new
	* clone to protect against subsequent modification.
	*/
	byte[] getDigestValue();

	/**
	* Returns the calculated digest value of this <code>Reference</code>
	* after a validation operation. This method is useful for debugging if
	* the reference fails to validate.
	*
	* @return the calculated digest value, or <code>null</code> if this
	* reference has not been validated yet. Each invocation of this method
	* returns a new clone to protect against subsequent modification.
	*/
	byte[] getCalculatedDigestValue();

	/**
	* Validates this reference. This method verifies the digest of this
	* reference.
	*
	* <p>This method only validates the reference the first time it is
	* invoked. On subsequent invocations, it returns a cached result.
	*
	* @return <code>true</code> if this reference was validated successfully;
	* <code>false</code> otherwise
	* @param validateContext the validating context
	* @throws NullPointerException if <code>validateContext</code> is
	* <code>null</code>
	* @throws XMLSignatureException if an unexpected exception occurs while
	* validating the reference
	*/
	boolean validate(XMLValidateContext validateContext)
	throws XMLSignatureException;

	/**
	* Returns the dereferenced data, if
	* <a href="XMLSignContext.html#Supported Properties">reference caching</a>
	* is enabled. This is the result of dereferencing the URI of this
	* reference during a validation or generation operation.
	*
	* @return the dereferenced data, or <code>null</code> if reference
	* caching is not enabled or this reference has not been generated or
	* validated
	*/
	Data getDereferencedData();

	/**
	* Returns the pre-digested input stream, if
	* <a href="XMLSignContext.html#Supported Properties">reference caching</a>
	* is enabled. This is the input to the digest operation during a
	* validation or signing operation.
	*
	* @return an input stream containing the pre-digested input, or
	* <code>null</code> if reference caching is not enabled or this
	* reference has not been generated or validated
	*/
	InputStream getDigestInputStream();
	}

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