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package sun.security.x509;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
import java.util.Enumeration;
/**
* This interface defines the methods required of a certificate attribute.
* Examples of X.509 certificate attributes are Validity, Issuer_Name, and
* Subject Name. A CertAttrSet may comprise one attribute or many
* attributes.
* <p>
* A CertAttrSet itself can also be comprised of other sub-sets.
* In the case of X.509 V3 certificates, for example, the "extensions"
* attribute has subattributes, such as those for KeyUsage and
* AuthorityKeyIdentifier.
*
* @author Amit Kapoor
* @author Hemma Prafullchandra
* @see CertificateException
*/
public interface CertAttrSet<T> {
/**
* Returns a short string describing this certificate attribute.
*
* @return value of this certificate attribute in
* printable form.
*/
String toString();
/**
* Encodes the attribute to the output stream in a format
* that can be parsed by the <code>decode</code> method.
*
* @param out the OutputStream to encode the attribute to.
*
* @exception CertificateException on encoding or validity errors.
* @exception IOException on other errors.
*/
void encode(OutputStream out)
throws CertificateException, IOException;
/**
* Sets an attribute value within this CertAttrSet.
*
* @param name the name of the attribute (e.g. "x509.info.key")
* @param obj the attribute object.
*
* @exception CertificateException on attribute handling errors.
* @exception IOException on other errors.
*/
void set(String name, Object obj)
throws CertificateException, IOException;
/**
* Gets an attribute value for this CertAttrSet.
*
* @param name the name of the attribute to return.
*
* @exception CertificateException on attribute handling errors.
* @exception IOException on other errors.
*/
Object get(String name)
throws CertificateException, IOException;
/**
* Deletes an attribute value from this CertAttrSet.
*
* @param name the name of the attribute to delete.
*
* @exception CertificateException on attribute handling errors.
* @exception IOException on other errors.
*/
void delete(String name)
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