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/* CertStoreSpi -- certificate store service provider interface.
   Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU Classpath.

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package java.security.cert;

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import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
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import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * The <i>service provider interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@link
 * CertStore} class.
 *
 * <p>Providers wishing to implement a CertStore must subclass this
 * class, implementing all the abstract methods. Providers may also
 * implement the {@link CertStoreParameters} interface, if they require
 * parameters.
 *
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 * @since 1.4
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 * @see CertStore
 * @see CollectionCertStoreParameters
 * @see LDAPCertStoreParameters
 */
public abstract class CertStoreSpi
{

  // Constructors.
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Creates a new CertStoreSpi.
   *
   * @param params The parameters to initialize this instance with, or
   *        null if no parameters are required.
   * @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException If the specified
   *         parameters are inappropriate for this class.
   */
  public CertStoreSpi(CertStoreParameters params)
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    throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
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  {
    super();
  }

  // Abstract methods.
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Get the certificates from this store, filtering them through the
   * specified CertSelector.
   *
   * @param selector The CertSelector to filter certificates.
   * @return A (non-null) collection of certificates.
   * @throws CertStoreException If the certificates cannot be retrieved.
   */
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  public abstract Collection<? extends Certificate> engineGetCertificates(CertSelector selector)
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  throws CertStoreException;

  /**
   * Get the certificate revocation list from this store, filtering them
   * through the specified CRLSelector.
   *
   * @param selector The CRLSelector to filter certificate revocation
   *        lists.
   * @return A (non-null) collection of certificate revocation list.
   * @throws CertStoreException If the CRLs cannot be retrieved.
   */
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  public abstract Collection<? extends CRL> engineGetCRLs(CRLSelector selector)
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  throws CertStoreException;
}