1. /*

  2.  * @(#)CertPathValidatorResult.java	1.5 03/12/19

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.security.cert;

  9. 

  10. /**

  11.  * A specification of the result of a certification path validator algorithm.

  12.  * <p>

  13.  * The purpose of this interface is to group (and provide type safety 

  14.  * for) all certification path validator results. All results returned 

  15.  * by the {@link CertPathValidator#validate CertPathValidator.validate}

  16.  * method must implement this interface.  

  17.  *

  18.  * @see CertPathValidator

  19.  *

  20.  * @version 	1.5 12/19/03

  21.  * @since	1.4

  22.  * @author	Yassir Elley

  23.  */

  24. public interface CertPathValidatorResult extends Cloneable {

  25. 

  26.     /**

  27.      * Makes a copy of this <code>CertPathValidatorResult</code>. Changes to the

  28.      * copy will not affect the original and vice versa.

  29.      *

  30.      * @return a copy of this <code>CertPathValidatorResult</code>

  31.      */

  32.     Object clone();

  33. }