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package org.apache.sshd.agent.common;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.sshd.common.Closeable;

/**
 * The server side fake agent, acting as an agent, but actually forwarding the requests to the auth channel on the
 * client side.
 */
public interface AgentForwardSupport extends Closeable {
    /**
     * Initializes the agent forwarding if not already done so - i.e., can be called more than once - only first
     * successful call counts, the rest will return the identifier of the previously initialized agent.
     *
     * @return             The agent ID
     * @throws IOException If failed to initialize
     */
    String initialize() throws IOException;
}
