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// --- BEGIN COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
//
// (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
// All rights reserved.
// --- END COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
package com.netscape.certsrv.connector;
import com.netscape.certsrv.base.EBaseException;
import com.netscape.certsrv.request.IRequest;
/**
* This interface represents a connector that forwards
* CMS requests to a remote authority.
*
* To register a connector, one can add the following
* to the CMS.cfg:
*
* <pre>
*
* Example for KRA type connector.
* ca.connector.KRA.enable=true
* ca.connector.KRA.host=thehost.netscape.com #Remote host.
* ca.connector.KRA.port=1974 #Remote host port.
* ca.connector.KRA.nickName="cert-kra" #Nickname of connector for identity purposes.
* ca.connector.KRA.uri="/kra/connector" #Uri of the KRA server.
* ca.connector.KRA.id="kra"
* ca.connector.KRA.minHttpConns=1 #Min connection pool connections.
* ca.connector.KRA.maxHttpConns=10 #Max connection pool connections.
* </pre>
*
* @version $Revision$, $Date$
*/
public interface IConnector {
/**
* Sends the request to a remote authority.
*
* @param req Request to be forwarded to remote authority.
* @return true for success, otherwise false.
* @exception EBaseException Failure to send request to remote authority.
*/
public boolean send(IRequest req)
throws EBaseException;
/**
* Starts this connector.
*/
public void start();
}
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