PrivateKeyChooserByAlias.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.key;

/**
 * An interface for choosing private keys from a keystore.
 *
 * @author Mirko Caserta (mirko.caserta@gmail.com)
 */
public interface PrivateKeyChooserByAlias {

    /**
     * Must return the alias the key has in the keystore.
     *
     * @return the alias
     */
    String getAlias();

    /**
     * Must return the password to read the key from the keystore.
     *
     * @return the password
     */
    String getPassword();

}