/*

  * Copyright 2005-2007 The Kuali Foundation

  * 

  * 

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  * 

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  * 

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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  */

 package org.kuali.rice.ksb.security.service;

 import java.io.IOException;

 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

 import java.security.Signature;

 import java.security.cert.Certificate;

 /**

  * A service for aquiring Signatures for signing and verification of messages.

  *

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface DigitalSignatureService {

         public Signature getSignatureForSigning() throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException;

         public Signature getSignatureForVerification(String verificationAlias) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException;

     public Signature getSignatureForVerification(Certificate certificate) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException;

 }