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9.2 The SignatureFactory Class

Instances of ISignature can be retrieved with the class methods of the SignatureFactory class:

— Function: ISignature getInstance (java.lang.String name)

Creates an instance of the signature scheme for name, or null if there is no such algorithm.

— Function: java.util.Set getNames ()

Returns a set of the names (java.lang.String) of all available signature schemes.