org.jboss.security
Interface CertificatePrincipal

All Known Implementing Classes:

SerialNumberIssuerDNMapping, SubjectCNMapping, SubjectDNMapping

public interface CertificatePrincipal

An interface for converting an X509 cert to a Principal

Version:

$Revision: 1.2.6.1 $

Author:

Scott.Stark@jboss.org

Method Summary

Principal

toPrinicipal(X509Certificate[] certs) Return the Principal associated with the specified chain of X509 client certificates.

Method Detail

toPrinicipal

Principal toPrinicipal(X509Certificate[] certs)

Return the Principal associated with the specified chain of X509 client certificates. If there is none, return null.

Parameters:

certs - Array of client certificates, with the first one in the array being the certificate of the client itself.