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+// --- BEGIN COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+//
+// (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+// --- END COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+package com.netscape.certsrv.connector;
+
+
+import com.netscape.certsrv.base.*;
+
+
+/**
+ * This represents a remote authority that can be
+ * a certificate manager, or key recovery manager or
+ * some other manager.
+ *
+ * @version $Revision$, $Date$
+ */
+public interface IRemoteAuthority {
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the host name of the remote Authority.
+     * @return String with the name of host of remote Authority.
+     */
+    public String getHost();
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the port number of the remote Authority.
+     * @return Int with port number of remote Authority.
+     */
+    public int getPort();
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the URI of the remote Authority.
+     * @return String with URI of remote Authority.
+     */
+    public String getURI();
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the timeout value for the connection to the remote Authority.
+     * @return In with remote Authority timeout value.
+     */
+    public int getTimeout();
+}