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[shibboleth/cpp-xmltooling.git] / xmltooling / security / Credential.h

diff --git a/xmltooling/security/Credential.h b/xmltooling/security/Credential.h
index 8fa7bb4..36c8b1a 100644 (file)
--- a/xmltooling/security/Credential.h
+++ b/xmltooling/security/Credential.h
@@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ namespace xmltooling {
         };
 
         /**
+         * Enumeration of use cases for credentials. 
+         */
+        enum UsageTypes {
+            UNSPECIFIED_CREDENTIAL,
+            SIGNING_CREDENTIAL,
+            TLS_CREDENTIAL,
+            ENCRYPTION_CREDENTIAL
+        };
+        
+        /**
+         * Get the credential usage type.
+         * 
+         * @return the usage
+         */
+        virtual UsageTypes getUsage() const=0;
+
+        /**
          * Returns an algorithm identifier for the Credential.
          *
          * @return  the Credential algorithm, or NULL if indeterminate