org.opensaml.xml.security.x509
Interface X509CredentialNameEvaluator

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicX509CredentialNameEvaluator

public interface X509CredentialNameEvaluator

Interface for classes which evaluate an X509Credential against a supplied set of trusted names.

Method Summary

boolean

evaluate(X509Credential credential, Set<String> trustedNames) Evaluate the specified credential against the specified set of trusted names.

Method Detail

evaluate

boolean evaluate(X509Credential credential,
                 Set<String> trustedNames)
                 throws SecurityException

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.

Parameters:

credential - the X.509 credential to evaluate

trustedNames - trusted names against which the credential will be evaluated

Returns:

true if the name evaluation succeeds, false otherwise

Throws:

SecurityException - thrown if there is an error during name evaluation