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* The authentication type is determined by the actual certificate * used. For instance, if RSAPublicKey is used, the authType * should be "RSA". Checking is case-sensitive. * * @param chain the peer certificate chain * @param authType the authentication type based on the client certificate * @throws IllegalArgumentException if null or zero-length chain * is passed in for the chain parameter or if null or zero-length * string is passed in for the authType parameter * @throws CertificateException if the certificate chain is not trusted * by this TrustManager. */ public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException; /** * Given the partial or complete certificate chain provided by the * peer, build a certificate path to a trusted root and return if * it can be validated and is trusted for server SSL * authentication based on the authentication type. *
* The authentication type is the key exchange algorithm portion * of the cipher suites represented as a String, such as "RSA", * "DHE_DSS". Note: for some exportable cipher suites, the key * exchange algorithm is determined at run time during the * handshake. For instance, for TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5, * the authType should be RSA_EXPORT when an ephemeral RSA key is * used for the key exchange, and RSA when the key from the server * certificate is used. Checking is case-sensitive. * * @param chain the peer certificate chain * @param authType the key exchange algorithm used * @throws IllegalArgumentException if null or zero-length chain * is passed in for the chain parameter or if null or zero-length * string is passed in for the authType parameter * @throws CertificateException if the certificate chain is not trusted * by this TrustManager. */ public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException; /** * Return an array of certificate authority certificates * which are trusted for authenticating peers. * * @return a non-null (possibly empty) array of acceptable * CA issuer certificates. */ public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers(); }