CertificateRegistryByAlias.java

/*
 * Copyright 2012 Mirko Caserta
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this software except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package com.springcryptoutils.core.certificate;

import com.springcryptoutils.core.keystore.KeyStoreChooser;

import java.security.cert.Certificate;

/**
 * An interface for selecting a certificate at runtime from an
 * underlying certificate registry.
 *
 * @author Chad Johnston (cjohnston@megatome.com)
 */
public interface CertificateRegistryByAlias {

    /**
     * Returns the selected certificate or null if not found.
     *
     * @param keyStoreChooser         the keystore chooser
     * @param certificateChooserByAlias the certificate chooser by alias
     * @return the selected certificate or null if not found
     */
    Certificate get(KeyStoreChooser keyStoreChooser, CertificateChooserByAlias certificateChooserByAlias);
}