CredentialDelegationFactory.java

/* dCache - http://www.dcache.org/
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package org.dcache.gridsite;

import java.security.cert.CertPath;

import org.dcache.delegation.gridsite2.DelegationException;

/**
 * A class that implements CredentialDelegationFactory provides
 * CredentialDelegation objects.  These represent an agent's desire to
 * delegate a credential.
 */
public interface CredentialDelegationFactory
{
    /**
     * Return a fluent interface for building a CredentialDelegation object.
     */
    CredentialDelegation newDelegation(DelegationIdentity id, CertPath certPath) throws DelegationException;
}