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package netscape.security.x509;

import java.io.IOException;

import netscape.security.util.DerOutputStream;

/**
 * This interface specifies the abstract methods which have to be
 * implemented by all the members of the GeneralNames ASN.1 object.
 *
 * @author Amit Kapoor
 * @author Hemma Prafullchandra
 * @version 1.6
 */
public interface GeneralNameInterface extends java.io.Serializable {
    /**
     * The list of names supported.
     */
    public static final int NAME_ANY = 0;
    public static final int NAME_RFC822 = 1;
    public static final int NAME_DNS = 2;
    public static final int NAME_X400 = 3;
    public static final int NAME_DIRECTORY = 4;
    public static final int NAME_EDI = 5;
    public static final int NAME_URI = 6;
    public static final int NAME_IP = 7;
    public static final int NAME_OID = 8;

    /**
     * Return the type of the general name, as
     * defined above.
     */
    int getType();

    /**
     * Encode the name to the specified DerOutputStream.
     *
     * @param out the DerOutputStream to encode the GeneralName to.
     * @exception IOException thrown if the GeneralName could not be
     *                encoded.
     */
    void encode(DerOutputStream out) throws IOException;
}