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javax.xml.crypto.dsig

## Interface XMLSignContext

- All Superinterfaces:
    XMLCryptoContext
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    DOMSignContext

      public interface XMLSignContext
      extends XMLCryptoContext

  Contains context information for generating XML Signatures. This interface is primarily intended for type-safety.

  Note that `XMLSignContext` instances can contain information and state specific to the XML signature structure it is used with. The results are unpredictable if an `XMLSignContext` is used with different signature structures (for example, you should not use the same `XMLSignContext` instance to sign two different `XMLSignature` objects).

  Supported Properties

  The following properties can be set using the `setProperty` method.

  - `javax.xml.crypto.dsig.cacheReference`: value must be a `Boolean`. This property controls whether or not the digested `Reference` objects will cache the dereferenced content and pre-digested input for subsequent retrieval via the `Reference.getDereferencedData` and `Reference.getDigestInputStream` methods. The default value if not specified is `Boolean.FALSE`.
  Since:
    1.6
  See Also:
    `XMLSignature.sign(XMLSignContext)`

- - ### Method Summary

    - ### Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.crypto.XMLCryptoContext

      `get, getBaseURI, getDefaultNamespacePrefix, getKeySelector, getNamespacePrefix, getProperty, getURIDereferencer, put, putNamespacePrefix, setBaseURI, setDefaultNamespacePrefix, setKeySelector, setProperty, setURIDereferencer`

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