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package org.italiangrid.voms.credential;
import org.bouncycastle.openssl.PasswordFinder;
import eu.emi.security.authn.x509.X509Credential;
/**
* A strategy to load user credentials
*
* @author andreaceccanti
*
*/
public interface LoadCredentialsStrategy {
/**
* Loads a user credential
*
* @param passwordFinder
* the password finder used to potentially decrypt the credential
* encrypted private key.
*
* @return an {@link X509Credential}, or <code>null</code> if no credential
* was found
*/
public X509Credential loadCredentials(PasswordFinder passwordFinder);
}