gecko-dev/caps/public/nsIPrincipal.h
1998-09-17 18:12:32 +00:00

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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
* Version 1.0 (the "NPL"); you may not use this file except in
* compliance with the NPL. You may obtain a copy of the NPL at
* http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
*
* Software distributed under the NPL is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the NPL
* for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
* NPL.
*
* The Initial Developer of this code under the NPL is Netscape
* Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights
* Reserved.
*/
#ifndef nsIPrincipal_h___
#define nsIPrincipal_h___
#include "nsISupports.h"
class nsIPrincipal : public nsISupports {
public:
/**
* Determines whether or not the Principal is trusted or not.
*
* If it is a Certificate Principal, then it will validate
* by checking whether the given certificate chain can be
* successfully validated using trusted certificate information
* in Netscape's certificate database.
*
* If it is a codebase Principal, this function will return FALSE,
* unless the following preference is set. The following
* preference would allow developers to test their applets without
* signing.
*
* user_pref("signed.applets.codebase_principal_support", true);
*
*
* @param scope - the individual parameter of the certificate that
* needs to be verified. If NULL is passed, it will
* verify the whole certificate chain.
* @param result - is PR_TRUE if the given certificate chain is trusted,
* otherwise PR_FALSE.
*/
NS_IMETHOD
IsTrusted(char* scope, PRBool *pbIsTrusted) = 0;
};
#define NS_IPRINCIPAL_IID \
{ /* ff9313d0-25e1-11d2-8160-006008119d7a */ \
0xff9313d0, \
0x25e1, \
0x11d2, \
{0x81, 0x60, 0x00, 0x60, 0x08, 0x11, 0x9d, 0x7a} \
}
#endif // nsIPrincipal_h___