org.opensaml.xml.security

Interface EvaluableCriteria<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of object which may be evaluated

All Superinterfaces:

Criteria

All Known Subinterfaces:

EvaluableCredentialCriteria

All Known Implementing Classes:

EvaluableEntityIDCredentialCriteria, EvaluableKeyAlgorithmCredentialCriteria, EvaluableKeyLengthCredentialCriteria, EvaluableKeyNameCredentialCriteria, EvaluablePublicKeyCredentialCriteria, EvaluableUsageCredentialCriteria, EvaluableX509CertSelectorCredentialCriteria, EvaluableX509DigestCredentialCriteria, EvaluableX509IssuerSerialCredentialCriteria, EvaluableX509SubjectKeyIdentifierCredentialCriteria, EvaluableX509SubjectNameCredentialCriteria

public interface EvaluableCriteria<T>
extends Criteria

Interface for criteria which are capable of evaluating a target of a particular type.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Boolean	evaluate(T target) Evaluate the target.

Method Detail

evaluate

Boolean evaluate(T target)

Evaluate the target. The result of evaluation is one of the following values:

• Boolean.TRUE if the target satisfies the criteria
• Boolean.FALSE if the target does not satisfy criteria
• null if the target can not be evaluated against the criteria

Parameters:

target - the object to be evaluated

Returns:

the result of evaluation