CipherReference (Apache XML Security for Java 4.0.0 API)

```
public interface CipherReference
```
CipherReference identifies a source which, when processed, yields the encrypted octet sequence.
The actual value is obtained as follows. The CipherReference URI contains an identifier that is dereferenced. Should the Transforms, the data resulting from dereferencing the URI is transformed as specified so as to yield the intended cipher value. For example, if the value is base64 encoded within an XML document; the transforms could specify an XPath expression followed by a base64 decoding so as to extract the octets.
The syntax of the URI and Transforms is similar to that of [XML-DSIG]. However, there is a difference between signature and encryption processing. In [XML-DSIG] both generation and validation processing start with the same source data and perform that transform in the same order. In encryption, the decryptor has only the cipher data and the specified transforms are enumerated for the decryptor, in the order necessary to obtain the octets. Consequently, because it has different semantics Transforms is in the &xenc; namespace.
The schema definition is as follows:
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Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Transforms`	`getTransforms()`	Returns the `Transforms` that specifies how to transform the `URI` to yield the appropriate cipher value.
`String`	`getURI()`	Returns an `URI` that contains an identifier that should be dereferenced.
`Attr`	`getURIAsAttr()`	Gets the URI as an Attribute node.
`void`	`setTransforms(Transforms transforms)`	Sets the `Transforms` that specifies how to transform the `URI` to yield the appropriate cipher value.

- Method Detail
  - getURI
```
String getURI()
```
    Returns an URI that contains an identifier that should be dereferenced.
    
    Returns:
    
    an URI that contains an identifier that should be dereferenced.
  - getURIAsAttr
```
Attr getURIAsAttr()
```
    Gets the URI as an Attribute node. Used to meld the CipherReference with the XMLSignature ResourceResolvers
    
    Returns:
    
    the URI as an Attribute node
  - getTransforms
```
Transforms getTransforms()
```
    Returns the Transforms that specifies how to transform the URI to yield the appropriate cipher value.
    
    Returns:
    
    the transform that specifies how to transform the reference to yield the intended cipher value.
  - setTransforms
```
void setTransforms(Transforms transforms)
```
    Sets the Transforms that specifies how to transform the URI to yield the appropriate cipher value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    transforms - the set of Transforms that specifies how to transform the reference to yield the intended cipher value.