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package org.opensaml.xml.security.x509;

import java.security.cert.X509CRL;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.opensaml.xml.security.credential.Credential;

/**
 * An entity credential based on key material and other information (e.g. certificates and certificate
 * revocation lists) associated with X.509 Public Key Infrastructure.
 * 
 * Note that this type of credential may not contain a symmetric (secret) key, and hence 
 * {@link Credential#getSecretKey()} should always return null.  
 */
public interface X509Credential extends Credential {
    
    /**
     * Gets the public certificate for the entity. The public key of this certificate will be 
     * the same key obtained from {@link Credential#getPublicKey()}.
     * 
     * @return the public certificate for the entity
     */
    public X509Certificate getEntityCertificate();

    /**
     * Gets an immutable collection of certificates in the entity's trust chain. The entity certificate is contained
     * within this list. No specific ordering of the certificates is guaranteed.
     * 
     * @return entities certificate chain
     */
    public Collection getEntityCertificateChain();

    /**
     * Gets a collection of CRLs associated with the credential.
     * 
     * @return CRLs associated with the credential
     */
    public Collection getCRLs();
}