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package com.amazonaws.auth;
/**
* Provides access to the AWS credentials used for accessing AWS services: AWS
* access key ID and secret access key. These credentials are used to securely
* sign requests to AWS services.
* <p>
* A basic implementation of this interface is provided in
* {@link BasicAWSCredentials}, but callers are free to provide their own
* implementation, for example, to load AWS credentials from an encrypted file.
* <p>
* For more details on AWS access keys, see: <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSSecurityCredentials/1.0/AboutAWSCredentials.html#AccessKeys"
* >http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSSecurityCredentials/1.0/
* AboutAWSCredentials.html#AccessKeys</a>
*/
public interface AWSCredentials {
/**
* Returns the AWS access key ID for this credentials object.
*
* @return The AWS access key ID for this credentials object.
*/
public String getAWSAccessKeyId();
/**
* Returns the AWS secret access key for this credentials object.
*
* @return The AWS secret access key for this credentials object.
*/
public String getAWSSecretKey();
}