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X509ExtendedKeyManager.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API2883Wed May 06 22:41:06 BST 2009javax.net.ssl

X509ExtendedKeyManager.java

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package javax.net.ssl;

import java.security.Principal;

/**
 * The abstract extension for the {@code X509KeyManager} interface.
 * 
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public abstract class X509ExtendedKeyManager implements X509KeyManager {
   
    /**
     * To be used by subclasses only.
     * <p>
     * Creates a new {@code X509ExtendedKeyManager} instance.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    protected X509ExtendedKeyManager() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Chooses a alias for the client side of an SSL connection to authenticate
     * it with the specified public key type and certificate issuers.
     * 
     * @param keyType
     *            the list of public key algorithm names.
     * @param issuers
     *            the list of certificate issuers, or {@code null} if any issuer
     *            will do.
     * @param engine
     *            the {@code SSLEngine} for the connection, or {@code null} if
     *            no engine is predefined.
     * @return the alias name of a matching key or {@code null} if there are no
     *         matches.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public String chooseEngineClientAlias(String[] keyType,
            Principal[] issuers, SSLEngine engine) {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Chooses a alias for the server side of an SSL connection to authenticate
     * it with the specified public key type and certificate issuers.
     * 
     * @param keyType
     *            the list of public key algorithm names.
     * @param issuers
     *            the list of certificate issuers, or {@code null} if any issuer
     *            will do.
     * @param engine
     *            the {@code SSLEngine} for the connection, or {@code null} if
     *            no engine is predefined.
     * @return the alias name of a matching key or {@code null} if there are no
     *         matches.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public String chooseEngineServerAlias(String keyType, Principal[] issuers,
            SSLEngine engine) {
        return null;
    }

}