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package org.restlet.ext.ssl;

import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;

import org.restlet.data.Parameter;
import org.restlet.util.Series;

/**
 * This is an abstract factory that produces configured and initialized
 * instances of SSLContext. Concrete implementations of SslContextFactory must
 * implement {@link #createSslContext()}, which should typically consist of:
 * 
 * <pre>
 *    SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance(...);
 *    ...
 *    sslContext.init(..., ..., ...);
 *    return sslContext;
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @author Bruno Harbulot (Bruno.Harbulot@manchester.ac.uk)
 * @see SSLContext
 */
public abstract class SslContextFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a configured and initialized SSLContext.
     * 
     * @return A configured and initialized SSLContext.
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public abstract SSLContext createSslContext() throws Exception;

    /**
     * Initialize the factory with the given connector parameters.
     * 
     * @param parameters
     *            The connector parameters.
     */
    public abstract void init(Series<Parameter> parameters);
}