CertificatePrincipal (PicketBox- Parent 5.1.0.Final API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SerialNumberIssuerDNMapping, SubjectCNMapping, SubjectDNMapping, SubjectX500Principal
```
public interface CertificatePrincipal
```
An interface for converting an X509 cert to a Principal

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Scott.Stark@jboss.org

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Principal`	`toPrincipal(X509Certificate[] certs)`	Return the Principal associated with the specified chain of X509 client certificates.
`Principal`	`toPrinicipal(X509Certificate[] certs)`	Deprecated. method kept for backward compatibility.

- Method Detail
  - toPrinicipal
```
Principal toPrinicipal(X509Certificate[] certs)
```
    Deprecated.
    method kept for backward compatibility. Use toPrincipal(X509Certificate[]) instead.
    
    Return the Principal associated with the specified chain of X509 client certificates. If there is none, return null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    certs - Array of client certificates, with the first one in the array being the certificate of the client itself.
  - toPrincipal
```
Principal toPrincipal(X509Certificate[] certs)
```
    Return the Principal associated with the specified chain of X509 client certificates. If there is none, return null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    certs - Array of client certificates, with the first one in the array being the certificate of the client itself.