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package org.eclipse.osgi.signedcontent;

import java.security.cert.Certificate;

/**
 * A SignerInfo object represents a single signer chain.
 * 
 * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * 
 * @since 3.4
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 */
public interface SignerInfo {

	/**
	 * Returns the certificate chain
	 * @return the certificate chain
	 */
	public Certificate[] getCertificateChain();

	/**
	 * Returns the certificate trust anchor used to establish authenticity.
	 * If authenticity cannot be established then null is returned.
	 * @return the trust anchor
	 */
	public Certificate getTrustAnchor();

	/**
	 * Returns true if the trust anchor has been authenticated.  This is a convenience
	 * method equivalent to calling {@link #getTrustAnchor()} != null
	 * @return true if the the signer info is trusted
	 */
	public boolean isTrusted();

	/**
	 * Returns the MessageDigest algorithm used to verify content
	 * signed by this signer info.
	 * 
	 * @return the algorithm
	 * @deprecated This information is not readily available using the JAR APIs
	 *             included with Java. A value {@literal unknown} will be returned.
	 */
	public String getMessageDigestAlgorithm();

}