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package org.italiangrid.voms.ac;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.util.List;
import org.italiangrid.voms.VOMSAttribute;
/**
* This interface defines the behavior of a VOMS Attribute Certificate parser.
*
*
* @author Andrea Ceccanti
*
*/
public interface VOMSACParser {
/**
* Looks for and parses VOMS attributes in the certificate chain passed as
* argument (which is assumed to be already validated).
*
* @param validatedChain
* a validated X.509 certificate chain
* @return a possibly empty list of {@link VOMSAttribute} objects providing
* access to the parsed VOMS attributes
*/
public List<VOMSAttribute> parse(X509Certificate[] validatedChain);
}