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-- Copyright (c) 2014, Natacha Porté                                        --
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-- HMAC.Pinentry encapsulates communication with `pinentry` utility from    --
-- GnuPG project.                                                           --
-- Depending on communication features available, the package might not be  --
-- functional on all targets. A client should use Is_Available function to  --
-- ensure the underlying implentation is indeed operational.                --
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package HMAC.Pinentry is

   Backend_Error : exception;

   function Get_Key (Command : String) return String;
      --  Run the given Command and communicate with it using pinentry protocol
      --  and return a secret String or raise Backend_Error.

   function Is_Available return Boolean;
      --  Check whether Get_Key can actually work

end HMAC.Pinentry;