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+/* HostnameVerifier.java -- verifies disparate hostnames.
+ Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package javax.net.ssl;
+
+/**
+ * The interface for classes that perform hostname verification for cases
+ * when the hostname used to begin the connection (such as in a URL)
+ * does not match the hostname used in the SSL handshake.
+ * Implementations of this interface should provide an implementation
+ * of the {@link #verify(java.lang.String,javax.net.ssl.SSLSession)}
+ * method that accepts or rejects hostnames as appropriate.
+ *
+ * @author Casey Marshall (rsdio@metastatic.org)
+ */
+public interface HostnameVerifier
+{
+
+ /**
+ * Verifies a hostname given a particular SSL session. This method
+ * should return <code>true</code> if the hostname is an accepted
+ * alias for the hostname negotiated in the SSL handshake.
+ *
+ * @param hostname The hostname in question.
+ * @param session The current SSL session.
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the hostname is acceptable.
+ */
+ boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session);
+}