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+/**
+ * <copyright> Copyright 2006 by Know-Center, Graz, Austria </copyright>
+ * PDF-AS has been contracted by the E-Government Innovation Center EGIZ, a
+ * joint initiative of the Federal Chancellery Austria and Graz University of
+ * Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.1 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "Licence");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the Licence.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the Licence at:
+ * http://www.osor.eu/eupl/
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the Licence is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the Licence for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the Licence.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+ */
+package at.gv.egiz.pdfas.framework.sigdevice;
+
+/**
+ * A SignatureDevice that can be accessed in a sequential manner.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * A sequential device handles all necessary steps in sequence. E.g. all the
+ * data is transformed into a http request and sent to a server. The server
+ * processes the request and answers. The response from the server is then
+ * analyzed and returned.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * @author wprinz
+ */
+public interface SequentialSignatureDevice extends SignatureDevice
+{
+  // This is just a concept how it could be realized in future.
+  public void sign();
+
+  public void verify();
+
+}