package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.api.xmlsign;

/**
 * Base class for signature environment profile data used in XML signature 
 * creation.
 * 
 * @author Patrick Peck
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface CreateSignatureEnvironmentProfile {
  /**
   * Indicates that the profile data is given explicitly.
   */
  public static int EXPLICIT_CREATESIGNATUREENVIRONMENTPROFILE = 0;
  /**
   * Indicates that the profile data is stored in the configuration and resolved 
   * using an ID.
   */
  public static int ID_CREATESIGNATUREENVIRONMENTPROFILE = 1;
  
  /**
   * Gets the type of this object.
   * 
   * @return The type of <code>CreateSignatureEnvironmentProfile</code> denoted
   * by this object. Either 
   * <code>EXPLICIT_CREATESIGNATUREENVIRONMENTPROFILE</code> or
   * <code>ID_CREATESIGNATUREENVIRONMENTPROFILE</code>.
   */
  public int getCreateSignatureEnvironmentProfileType();
}