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/*
 * @(#)CertStore.java  1.14 02/07/24 @(#)
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 * PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package com.sun.portal.ksecurity;

import com.sun.portal.kssl.*;

/**
 * This <i>interface</i> supports storage of certificates (not private keys or 
 * symmetric keys).
 *
 */
public interface CertStore {
    /**
     * Returns the certificate(s) corresponding to a 
     * subject name string.
     * 
     * @param subjectName subject name of the certificate in printable form.
     *
     * @return corresponding certificates or null (if not found)
     */ 
    abstract public X509Certificate[] getCertificates(String subjectName);
}