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[shibboleth/cpp-opensaml.git] / saml / binding / MessageEncoder.h

diff --git a/saml/binding/MessageEncoder.h b/saml/binding/MessageEncoder.h
index a0e212b..0bb70ee 100644 (file)
--- a/saml/binding/MessageEncoder.h
+++ b/saml/binding/MessageEncoder.h
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ namespace opensaml {
         virtual ~MessageEncoder() {}
 
         /**
+         * Indicates whether the encoding format requires that messages be as compact as possible.
+         *
+         * @return  true iff the encoding has size constraints
+         */
+        virtual bool isCompact() const {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /**
          * Interface to caller-supplied artifact generation mechanism.
          * 
          * Generating an artifact for storage and retrieval requires knowledge of
@@ -108,7 +117,8 @@ namespace opensaml {
          * @param recipientID       optional entityID of message recipient
          * @param relayState        optional RelayState value to accompany message
          * @param credential        optional Credential to supply signing key
-         * @param sigAlgorithm      optional signature algorithm identifier
+         * @param signatureAlg      optional signature algorithm identifier
+         * @param digestAlg         optional reference digest algorithm identifier
          */
         virtual long encode(
             GenericResponse& genericResponse,
@@ -117,7 +127,8 @@ namespace opensaml {
             const char* recipientID=NULL,
             const char* relayState=NULL,
             const xmltooling::Credential* credential=NULL,
-            const XMLCh* sigAlgorithm=NULL
+            const XMLCh* signatureAlg=NULL,
+            const XMLCh* digestAlg=NULL
             ) const=0;
 
     protected: