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+/*
+Copyright 2013 The Camlistore Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Package clientconfig provides types related to the client configuration file.
+package clientconfig
+
+// Config holds the values from the JSON client config file.
+type Config struct {
+	Servers            map[string]*Server `json:"servers"`                      // maps server alias to server config.
+	Identity           string             `json:"identity"`                     // GPG identity.
+	IdentitySecretRing string             `json:"identitySecretRing,omitempty"` // location of the secret ring file.
+	IgnoredFiles       []string           `json:"ignoredFiles,omitempty"`       // list of files that camput should ignore.
+}
+
+// Server holds the values specific to each server found in the JSON client config file.
+type Server struct {
+	Server       string   `json:"server"`                 // server URL (scheme + hostname).
+	Auth         string   `json:"auth"`                   // auth scheme and values (ex: userpass:foo:bar).
+	IsDefault    bool     `json:"default,omitempty"`      // whether this server is the default one.
+	TrustedCerts []string `json:"trustedCerts,omitempty"` // list of trusted certificates fingerprints.
+}