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/*
 * Copyright 2008 University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package org.opensaml.xml.security.x509;

import java.util.Set;

import org.opensaml.xml.security.SecurityException;

/**
 * Interface for classes which evaluate an {@link X509Credential} against a 
 * supplied set of trusted names.
 */
public interface X509CredentialNameEvaluator {

    /**
     * Evaluate the specified credential against the specified set of trusted names.
     * 
     * The types of names supported, and the manner in which they are evaluated, is
     * implementation-specific.
     * 
     * @param credential the X.509 credential to evaluate
     * @param trustedNames trusted names against which the credential will be evaluated
     * 
     * @return true if the name evaluation succeeds, false otherwise
     * 
     * @throws SecurityException thrown if there is an error during name evaluation
     */
    public boolean evaluate(X509Credential credential, Set trustedNames) throws SecurityException;
    
}