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/*
 * Copyright 2003 Federal Chancellery Austria
 * MOA-SPSS has been developed in a cooperation between BRZ, the Federal
 * Chancellery Austria - ICT staff unit, 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.
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 *
 * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
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 */

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

import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.MOAException;

import org.apache.commons.discovery.tools.DiscoverClass;

import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.api.xmlsign.CreateXMLSignatureRequest;
import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.api.xmlsign.CreateXMLSignatureResponse;

/**
 * Interface providing functions for signature creation.
 * 
 * @author Patrick Peck
 * @version $Id$
 */
public abstract class SignatureCreationService {

    /** The default implementation class. */
    private static final String DEFAULT_IMPLEMENTATION = "at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.invoke.SignatureCreationServiceImpl";

    /** The single instance of this class. */
    private static SignatureCreationService instance = null;

    /**
     * Get an instance of the <code>SignatureCreationService</code>.
     * 
     * @return A concrete instance of the <code>SignatureCreationService</code>.
     */
    public static synchronized SignatureCreationService getInstance() {
        if (instance == null) {
            try {
                DiscoverClass discover = new DiscoverClass();
                instance = (SignatureCreationService) discover.newInstance(SignatureCreationService.class,
                        DEFAULT_IMPLEMENTATION);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // this can not happen since we provide a valid default 
                // implementation
            }
        }
        return instance;
    }

    /**
     * Create an XML signature.
     * 
     * @param request Information on how to create the signature.
     * @return A <code>CreateXMLSignatureResponse</code> containing the 
     * signature.
     * @throws MOAException Error in server side MOA module.
     */
    public abstract CreateXMLSignatureResponse createXMLSignature(CreateXMLSignatureRequest request)
            throws MOAException;
}