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package java.security.cert;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* This interface represents an X.509 extension.
*
* <p>
* Extensions provide a means of associating additional attributes with users
* or public keys and for managing a certification hierarchy. The extension
* format also allows communities to define private extensions to carry
* information unique to those communities.
*
* <p>
* Each extension contains an object identifier, a criticality setting
* indicating whether it is a critical or a non-critical extension, and
* and an ASN.1 DER-encoded value. Its ASN.1 definition is:
*
* <pre>
*
* Extension ::= SEQUENCE {
* extnId OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
* critical BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
* extnValue OCTET STRING
* -- contains a DER encoding of a value
* -- of the type registered for use with
* -- the extnId object identifier value
* }
*
* </pre>
*
* <p>
* This interface is designed to provide access to a single extension,
* unlike {@link java.security.cert.X509Extension} which is more suitable
* for accessing a set of extensions.
*
* @since 1.7
*/
public interface Extension {
/**
* Gets the extensions's object identifier.
*
* @return the object identifier as a String
*/
String getId();
/**
* Gets the extension's criticality setting.
*
* @return true if this is a critical extension.
*/
boolean isCritical();
/**
* Gets the extensions's DER-encoded value. Note, this is the bytes
* that are encoded as an OCTET STRING. It does not include the OCTET
* STRING tag and length.
*
* @return a copy of the extension's value, or {@code null} if no
* extension value is present.
*/
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