CertificateTrustAuthority.java

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package org.eclipse.osgi.internal.provisional.verifier;

import java.security.cert.Certificate;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;

/**
 * A CertificateTrustAuthority is used to check if certificate chains are trusted.
 * 
 */
public interface CertificateTrustAuthority {

	/**
	 * Determines if the certificates are trusted.  This method will throw a 
	 * <code>CertificateException</code> if the specified certificate chain is not trusted.
	 * @param certChain a chain of certificates
	 * @throws CertificateException if the certficates are not trusted
	 */
	public void checkTrust(Certificate[] certChain) throws CertificateException;

	/**
	 * Add the specified certificate chain as a trusted certificate chain.
	 * 
	 * @param certChain a chain of certificates
	 */
	public void addTrusted(Certificate[] certChain) throws CertificateException;
}