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Provides X.509 certificates management

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package org.xwiki.crypto.pkix;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role;
import org.xwiki.crypto.pkix.params.CertifiedPublicKey;

/**
 * Component role for creating certificate instances from external sources.
 *
 * @version $Id: c8a95d234b185ee885c1b5371e797efe2330bbad $
 * @since 5.4
 */
@Role
public interface CertificateFactory
{
    /**
     * Decode an ASN.1 encoded certified public key.
     *
     * @param encoded a encoded certificate.
     * @return a certified public key.
     * @throws IOException on encoding error.
     */
    CertifiedPublicKey decode(byte[] encoded) throws IOException;
}