package org.limewire.security.certificate;
import java.security.cert.Certificate;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
/**
* Provides a wrapper around the {@link KeyStoreProvider} and
* {@link CertificateVerifier} classes to allow easy loading of certificates.
*/
public interface CertificateProvider {
/**
* @return the certificate from the default keystore with the given alias.
* This certificate will have been verified by the CA prior to this
* method returning, so the certificate can be trusted.
* @throws CertificateException if there is a problem retrieving the given
* certificate.
*/
Certificate getCertificate(String alias) throws CertificateException;
}