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package java.security.cert;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Interface for an X.509 extension.
 *
 * <p>The extensions defined for X.509 v3
 * {@link X509Certificate Certificates} and v2
 * {@link X509CRL CRLs} (Certificate Revocation
 * Lists) provide methods
 * for associating additional attributes with users or public keys,
 * for managing the certification hierarchy, and for managing CRL
 * distribution. The X.509 extensions format also allows communities
 * to define private extensions to carry information unique to those
 * communities.
 *
 * <p>Each extension in a certificate/CRL may be designated as
 * critical or non-critical.  A certificate/CRL-using system (an application
 * validating a certificate/CRL) must reject the certificate/CRL if it
 * encounters a critical extension it does not recognize.  A non-critical
 * extension may be ignored if it is not recognized.
 * <p>
 * The ASN.1 definition for this is:
 * <pre>
 * Extensions  ::=  SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Extension
 *
 * Extension  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
 *     extnId        OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
 *     critical      BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
 *     extnValue     OCTET STRING
 *                   -- contains a DER encoding of a value
 *                   -- of the type registered for use with
 *                   -- the extnId object identifier value
 * }
 * </pre>
 * Since not all extensions are known, the {@code getExtensionValue}
 * method returns the DER-encoded OCTET STRING of the
 * extension value (i.e., the {@code extnValue}). This can then
 * be handled by a <em>Class that understands the extension.
 *
 * @author Hemma Prafullchandra
 */

public interface X509Extension {

    /**
     * Check if there is a critical extension that is not supported.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if a critical extension is found that is
     * not supported, otherwise {@code false}.
     */
    public boolean hasUnsupportedCriticalExtension();

    /**
     * Gets a Set of the OID strings for the extension(s) marked
     * CRITICAL in the certificate/CRL managed by the object
     * implementing this interface.
     *
     * Here is sample code to get a Set of critical extensions from an
     * X509Certificate and print the OIDs:
     * <pre>{@code
     * X509Certificate cert = null;
     * try (InputStream inStrm = new FileInputStream("DER-encoded-Cert")) {
     *     CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
     *     cert = (X509Certificate)cf.generateCertificate(inStrm);
     * }
     *
     * Set<String> critSet = cert.getCriticalExtensionOIDs();
     * if (critSet != null && !critSet.isEmpty()) {
     *     System.out.println("Set of critical extensions:");
     *     for (String oid : critSet) {
     *         System.out.println(oid);
     *     }
     * }
     * }</pre>
     * @return a Set (or an empty Set if none are marked critical) of
     * the extension OID strings for extensions that are marked critical.
     * If there are no extensions present at all, then this method returns
     * null.
     */
    public Set<String> getCriticalExtensionOIDs();

    /**
     * Gets a Set of the OID strings for the extension(s) marked
     * NON-CRITICAL in the certificate/CRL managed by the object
     * implementing this interface.
     *
     * Here is sample code to get a Set of non-critical extensions from an
     * X509CRL revoked certificate entry and print the OIDs:
     * <pre>{@code
     * CertificateFactory cf = null;
     * X509CRL crl = null;
     * try (InputStream inStrm = new FileInputStream("DER-encoded-CRL")) {
     *     cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
     *     crl = (X509CRL)cf.generateCRL(inStrm);
     * }
     *
     * byte[] certData = <DER-encoded certificate data>
     * ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(certData);
     * X509Certificate cert = (X509Certificate)cf.generateCertificate(bais);
     * X509CRLEntry badCert =
     *              crl.getRevokedCertificate(cert.getSerialNumber());
     *
     * if (badCert != null) {
     *     Set<String> nonCritSet = badCert.getNonCriticalExtensionOIDs();
     *     if (nonCritSet != null)
     *         for (String oid : nonCritSet) {
     *             System.out.println(oid);
     *         }
     * }
     * }</pre>
     *
     * @return a Set (or an empty Set if none are marked non-critical) of
     * the extension OID strings for extensions that are marked non-critical.
     * If there are no extensions present at all, then this method returns
     * null.
     */
    public Set<String> getNonCriticalExtensionOIDs();

    /**
     * Gets the DER-encoded OCTET string for the extension value
     * (<em>extnValue) identified by the passed-in {@code oid}
     * String.
     * The {@code oid} string is
     * represented by a set of nonnegative whole numbers separated
     * by periods.
     *
     * <p>For example:

     * <table border=groove summary="Examples of OIDs and extension names">
     * <tr>
     * <th>OID (Object Identifier)
     * <th>Extension Name