/**
 * <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.
 *
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 * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "Licence");
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 *
 * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
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 * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
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 *
 * $Id: Connector.java,v 1.3 2006/10/11 07:54:03 wprinz Exp $
 */
package at.knowcenter.wag.egov.egiz.sig;

import at.knowcenter.wag.egov.egiz.exceptions.SignatureException;

/**
 * The basic interface for all connectors.
 * 
 * @author wprinz
 */
public interface Connector
{

  /**
   * Performs a sign.
   * 
   * @param sig_type
   *          The signature type/profile.
   * @param user_name
   *          The user name for user logging.
   * @param text_to_sign
   *          The text to be signed.
   * @return Returns the signed SignatureObject.
   * @throws SignatureException
   *           F.e.
   */
  public SignatureObject doSign(String sig_type, String user_name,
      String text_to_sign) throws SignatureException;

  /**
   * Performs a verify.
   * 
   * @param signed_text
   *          The signed text to be verified.
   * @param sig_obj
   *          The Signature object.
   * @return Returns the SignatureResponse.
   * @throws SignatureException
   *           F.e.
   */
  public SignatureResponse doVerify(String signed_text, SignatureObject sig_obj) throws SignatureException;

}