/*
  KeePass Password Safe - The Open-Source Password Manager
  Copyright (C) 2003-2025 Dominik Reichl <dominik.reichl@t-online.de>

  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; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  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 St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*/

using System;

using KeePassLib.Security;

namespace KeePassLib.Keys
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Interface to a user key, like a password, key file data, etc.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IUserKey
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Get key data. Querying this property is fast (it returns a
		/// reference to a cached <c>ProtectedBinary</c> object).
		/// If no key data is available, <c>null</c> is returned.
		/// </summary>
		ProtectedBinary KeyData
		{
			get;
		}

		// /// <summary>
		// /// Clear the key and securely erase all security-critical information.
		// /// </summary>
		// void Clear();
	}
}
