1 /*
2 * Copyright 2008 University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.opensaml.xml.security.x509;
18
19 import java.util.Set;
20
21 import org.opensaml.xml.security.SecurityException;
22
23 /**
24 * Interface for classes which evaluate an {@link X509Credential} against a
25 * supplied set of trusted names.
26 */
27 public interface X509CredentialNameEvaluator {
28
29 /**
30 * Evaluate the specified credential against the specified set of trusted names.
31 *
32 * <p>The types of names supported, and the manner in which they are evaluated, is
33 * implementation-specific.</p>
34 *
35 * @param credential the X.509 credential to evaluate
36 * @param trustedNames trusted names against which the credential will be evaluated
37 *
38 * @return true if the name evaluation succeeds, false otherwise
39 *
40 * @throws SecurityException thrown if there is an error during name evaluation
41 */
42 public boolean evaluate(X509Credential credential, Set<String> trustedNames) throws SecurityException;
43
44 }