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17
18package java.security.cert;
19
20/**
21 * The interface specification to determine whether a {@code
22 * Certificate} meets some criteria.
23 * <p>
24 * The implementations of this interface are typically used to define the
25 * criteria for selecting {@code Certificate}s from a {@code CertStore}.
26 *
27 * @see CertStore
28 * @see Certificate
29 */
30public interface CertSelector extends Cloneable {
31
32    /**
33     * Clones this {@code CertSelector} instance.
34     *
35     * @return the cloned instance.
36     */
37    public Object clone();
38
39    /**
40     * Checks whether the defined criteria of this instance match the specified
41     * certificate.
42     *
43     * @param cert
44     *            the certificate to be evaluated.
45     * @return {@code true} if the certificate matches the criteria, {@code
46     *         false} otherwise.
47     */
48    public boolean match(Certificate cert);
49}
50