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package org.italiangrid.voms.credential;

import org.bouncycastle.openssl.PasswordFinder;

import eu.emi.security.authn.x509.X509Credential;

/**
 * A strategy to load user credentials
 * 
 * @author andreaceccanti
 *
 */
public interface LoadCredentialsStrategy {

  /**
   * Loads a user credential
   * 
   * @param passwordFinder
   *          the password finder used to potentially decrypt the credential
   *          encrypted private key.
   * 
   * @return an {@link X509Credential}, or <code>null</code> if no credential
   *         was found
   */
  public X509Credential loadCredentials(PasswordFinder passwordFinder);
}
