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+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="IAssociateRequestProvider.cs" company="Andrew Arnott">
+//     Copyright (c) Andrew Arnott. All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace DotNetOpenAuth.OpenId.Messages {
+	using DotNetOpenAuth.Messaging;
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// The openid.mode=associate message as it is received at the OpenID Provider.
+	/// </summary>
+	internal interface IAssociateRequestProvider : IDirectedProtocolMessage{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Creates a Provider's response to an incoming association request.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>
+		/// The appropriate association response message.
+		/// </returns>
+		/// <remarks>
+		/// <para>If an association can be successfully created, the 
+		/// AssociateSuccessfulResponse.CreateAssociation method must not be
+		/// called by this method.</para>
+		/// <para>Successful association response messages will derive from <see cref="AssociateSuccessfulResponse"/>.
+		/// Failed association response messages will derive from <see cref="AssociateUnsuccessfulResponse"/>.</para>
+		/// </remarks>
+		IProtocolMessage CreateResponseCore();
+	}
+}