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package com.netscape.certsrv.publish;

import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.util.Vector;

import netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection;

import com.netscape.certsrv.ldap.ELdapException;

/**
 * Interface for mapping a X509 certificate to a LDAP entry.
 * 
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public interface ILdapCertMapper extends ILdapPlugin {

    /**
     * Returns implementation name.
     */
    public String getImplName();

    /**
     * Returns the description of this mapper.
     */
    public String getDescription();

    /**
     * Returns the default parameters.
     */
    public Vector<String> getDefaultParams();

    /**
     * Returns the instance parameters.
     */
    public Vector<String> getInstanceParams();

    /**
     * maps a certificate to a LDAP entry.
     * returns dn of the mapped LDAP entry.
     * 
     * @param conn the LDAP connection
     * @param cert the certificate to map
     * @param checkForCert whether to check for the presence of the cert
     * @exception ELdapException Failed to map.
     * @return LdapCertMapResult indicates whether a mapping was successful
     *         and whether a certificate was found if checkForCert was true.
     *         If checkForCert was not set the hasCert method in LdapCertMapResult
     *         should be ignored.
     */
    public LdapCertMapResult map(LDAPConnection conn,
            X509Certificate cert, boolean checkForCert)
            throws ELdapException;
}