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package org.opensaml.ws.wssecurity;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

/**
 * Interface for elements of complex type EncodedString.
 */
public interface EncodedString extends AttributedString {
    
    /** Local name of the XSI type. */
    public static final String TYPE_LOCAL_NAME = "EncodedString"; 
        
    /** QName of the XSI type. */
    public static final QName TYPE_NAME = 
        new QName(WSSecurityConstants.WSSE_NS, TYPE_LOCAL_NAME, WSSecurityConstants.WSSE_PREFIX);
    
    /** The EncodingType attribute name. */
    public static final String ENCODING_TYPE_ATTRIB_NAME = "EncodingType";
    
    /** The EncodingType attribute value <code>#Base64Binary</code>. */
    public static final String ENCODING_TYPE_BASE64_BINARY = WSSecurityConstants.WS_SECURITY_NS + "#Base64Binary";
    
    /**
     * Returns the EncodingType attribute value.
     * 
     * @return the EncodingType attribute value.
     */
    public String getEncodingType();

    /**
     * Sets the EncodingType attribute value.
     * 
     * @param newEncodingType the EncodingType attribute value.
     */
    public void setEncodingType(String newEncodingType);

}