1 /* 2 * Copyright [2007] [University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.] 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.opensaml.xml.security.keyinfo; 18 19 import org.opensaml.xml.security.SecurityException; 20 import org.opensaml.xml.security.credential.Credential; 21 import org.opensaml.xml.signature.KeyInfo; 22 23 /** 24 * Interface for implementations which generate a {@link KeyInfo} based on keying material and other 25 * information found within a {@link Credential}. 26 */ 27 public interface KeyInfoGenerator { 28 29 /** 30 * Generate a new KeyInfo object based on keying material and other information within a credential. 31 * 32 * @param credential the credential containing keying material and possibly other information 33 * @return a new KeyInfo object 34 * @throws SecurityException thrown if there is any error generating the new KeyInfo from the credential 35 */ 36 public KeyInfo generate(Credential credential) throws SecurityException; 37 38 }