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package com.netscape.certsrv.usrgrp;

import netscape.ldap.LDAPException;

import com.netscape.certsrv.ldap.ELdapException;

/**
 * This interface defines a certificate mapping strategy to locate
 * a user
 *
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 */
public interface ICertUserLocator {

    /**
     * Returns a user whose certificates match with the given certificates
     *
     * @return an user interface
     * @exception EUsrGrpException thrown when failed to build user
     * @exception LDAPException thrown when LDAP internal database is not available
     * @exception ELdapException thrown when the LDAP search failed
     */
    public IUser locateUser(Certificates certs) throws
            EUsrGrpException, LDAPException, ELdapException;

    /**
     * Retrieves description.
     *
     * @return description
     */
    public String getDescription();
}