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 * Chancellery Austria - ICT staff unit, and Graz University of Technology.
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package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.api.cmssign;

/**
 * Base class for <code>CMSSignature</code> and <code>ErrorResponse</code>
 * elements in a <code>CreateXMLSignatureResponse</code>.
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface CreateCMSSignatureResponseElement {
  /**
   * Indicates that this object contains a <code>CMSSignature</code>.
   */
  int CMS_SIGNATURE = 0;
  /**
   * Indicates that this objet contains an <code>ErrorResponse</code>.
   */
  int ERROR_RESPONSE = 1;

  /**
   * Gets the type of response object.
   *
   * @return The type of response object, either <code>CMS_SIGNATURE</code> or
   *         <code>ERROR_RESPONSE</code>.
   */
  int getResponseType();
}