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package java.security.cert;
/**
* The interface specification for determining whether a CRL meets some criteria
* to select CRL objects among a set of {@code CRL}s.
*
* The implementations of this interface are typically used to define the
* criteria for selecting {@code CRL}s from a {@code CertStore}.
*
* @see CertStore
* @see CRL
*/
public interface CRLSelector extends Cloneable {
/**
* Clones this {@code CRLSelector} instance.
*
* @return the cloned instance.
*/
public Object clone();
/**
* Checks whether the defined criteria of this instance match the specified
* CRL.
*
* @param crl
* the CRL to be evaluated.
* @return {@code true} if the CRL matches the criteria, {@code false}
* otherwise.
*/
public boolean match(CRL crl);
}