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package iaik.pkcs.pkcs11.wrapper;

import java.io.IOException;



/**
 * This class is a sort of factory to get a implementation of the PKCS11
 * interface. By now, this method simply instanciates PKCS11Implementation.
 * For future version, it can be extended to support different implementations
 * for different versions of PKCS#11.
 *
 * @author Karl Scheibelhofer <Karl.Scheibelhofer@iaik.at>
 * @author Martin Schläffer <schlaeff@sbox.tugraz.at>
 */
public class PKCS11Connector {

  /**
   * Empty constructor for internal use only.
   *
   * @preconditions
   * @postconditions
   */
  protected PKCS11Connector() { /* left empty intentionally */ }

  /**
   * Connect to a PKCS#11 module and get an interface to it.
   *
   * @param pkcs11ModulePath The path to the PKCS#11 library.
   * @return The interface object to access the PKCS#11 module.
   * @exception IOException If finding the module or connecting to it fails.
   */
  public static PKCS11 connectToPKCS11Module(String pkcs11ModulePath)
      throws IOException
  {
    return new PKCS11Implementation(pkcs11ModulePath);
  }

}
