/* * Copyright (c) 2001, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code 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 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package javax.net.ssl; /** * This class is the base interface for hostname verification. * <P> * During handshaking, if the URL's hostname and * the server's identification hostname mismatch, the * verification mechanism can call back to implementers of this * interface to determine if this connection should be allowed. * <P> * The policies can be certificate-based * or may depend on other authentication schemes. * <P> * These callbacks are used when the default rules for URL hostname * verification fail. * * @author Brad R. Wetmore * @since 1.4 */ public interface HostnameVerifier {    /**     * Verify that the host name is an acceptable match with     * the server's authentication scheme.     *     * @param hostname the host name     * @param session SSLSession used on the connection to host     * @return true if the host name is acceptable     */    public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session);}