/*
* DSS - Digital Signature Services
*
* Copyright (C) 2013 European Commission, Directorate-General Internal Market and Services (DG MARKT), B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
*
* Developed by: 2013 ARHS Developments S.A. (rue Nicolas Bové 2B, L-1253 Luxembourg) http://www.arhs-developments.com
*
* This file is part of the "DSS - Digital Signature Services" project.
*
* "DSS - Digital Signature Services" is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
* the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the
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*
* DSS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
* of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
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*/
package eu.europa.ec.markt.dss.validation102853;
/**
* Implements a check that can be executed for a certificate.
*
*
* @version $Revision: 946 $ - $Date: 2011-06-06 17:15:14 +0200 (Mon, 06 Jun 2011) $
*/
public interface CertificateStatusVerifier {
/***
* Check the validity (revocation status) of the certificate. The operation returns a {@link RevocationToken}.
*
* @param certificate The certificate to be verified
* @return The RevocationToken or null the check cannot be performed.
*/
RevocationToken check(CertificateToken certificate);
}