X509TrustManager.java

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package javax.net.ssl;

import java.security.cert.*;

/**
 * Instance of this interface manage which X509 certificates
 * may be used to authenticate the remote side of a secure
 * socket. Decisions may be based on trusted certificate
 * authorities, certificate revocation lists, online
 * status checking or other means.
 *
 * @since 1.4
 */
public interface X509TrustManager extends TrustManager {
    /**
     * Given the partial or complete certificate chain provided by the
     * peer, build a certificate path to a trusted root and return if
     * it can be validated and is trusted for client SSL
     * authentication based on the authentication type.
     * <p>
     * The authentication type is determined by the actual certificate
     * used. For instance, if RSAPublicKey is used, the authType
     * should be "RSA". Checking is case-sensitive.
     *
     * @param chain the peer certificate chain
     * @param authType the authentication type based on the client certificate
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if null or zero-length chain
     *         is passed in for the chain parameter or if null or zero-length
     *         string is passed in for the  authType parameter
     * @throws CertificateException if the certificate chain is not trusted
     *         by this TrustManager.
     */
    public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
        throws CertificateException;

    /**
     * Given the partial or complete certificate chain provided by the
     * peer, build a certificate path to a trusted root and return if
     * it can be validated and is trusted for server SSL
     * authentication based on the authentication type.
     * <p>
     * The authentication type is the key exchange algorithm portion
     * of the cipher suites represented as a String, such as "RSA",
     * "DHE_DSS". Note: for some exportable cipher suites, the key
     * exchange algorithm is determined at run time during the
     * handshake. For instance, for TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5,
     * the authType should be RSA_EXPORT when an ephemeral RSA key is
     * used for the key exchange, and RSA when the key from the server
     * certificate is used. Checking is case-sensitive.
     *
     * @param chain the peer certificate chain
     * @param authType the key exchange algorithm used
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if null or zero-length chain
     *         is passed in for the chain parameter or if null or zero-length
     *         string is passed in for the  authType parameter
     * @throws CertificateException if the certificate chain is not trusted
     *         by this TrustManager.
     */
    public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
        throws CertificateException;

    /**
     * Return an array of certificate authority certificates
     * which are trusted for authenticating peers.
     *
     * @return a non-null (possibly empty) array of acceptable
     *          CA issuer certificates.
     */
    public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers();
}