| 1 | /* Certificate.java -- Interface for modeling digital certificates
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| 2 | Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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| 3 |
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| 4 | This file is part of GNU Classpath.
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| 5 |
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| 6 | GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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| 7 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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| 8 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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| 9 | any later version.
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| 10 |
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| 11 | GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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| 12 | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| 13 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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| 14 | General Public License for more details.
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| 15 |
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| 16 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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| 17 | along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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| 18 | Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
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| 19 | 02111-1307 USA.
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| 20 |
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| 21 | Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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| 22 | making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
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| 23 | conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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| 24 | combination.
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| 25 |
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| 26 | As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
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| 27 | permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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| 28 | executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
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| 29 | modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
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| 30 | terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
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| 31 | independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
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| 32 | module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
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| 33 | or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
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| 34 | this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
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| 35 | obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
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| 36 | exception statement from your version. */
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| 37 |
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| 38 | package java.security;
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| 39 |
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| 40 | import java.io.InputStream;
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| 41 | import java.io.OutputStream;
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| 42 | import java.io.IOException;
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| 43 |
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| 44 | /**
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| 45 | * This interface models a digital certificate which verifies the
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| 46 | * authenticity of a party. This class simply allows certificate
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| 47 | * information to be queried, it does not guarantee that the certificate
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| 48 | * is valid.
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| 49 | * <p>
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| 50 | * This class is deprecated in favor of the new java.security.cert package.
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| 51 | * It exists for backward compatibility only.
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| 52 | *
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| 53 | * @deprecated
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| 54 | *
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| 55 | * @version 0.0
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| 56 | *
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| 57 | * @author Aaron M. Renn ([email protected])
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| 58 | */
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| 59 | public interface Certificate
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| 60 | {
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| 61 |
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| 62 | /**
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| 63 | * This method returns the <code>Principal</code> that is guaranteeing
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| 64 | * this certificate.
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| 65 | *
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| 66 | * @return The <code>Principal</code> guaranteeing the certificate
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| 67 | */
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| 68 | public abstract Principal getGuarantor();
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