libnetxx-dev 0.3.2-2ubuntu1 / usr / include / Netxx / TLS / Certificate.h

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/** @file
 * This file contains the definition of the TLS::Certificate class.
**/

#ifndef _Netxx_TLS_Certificate_h_
#define _Netxx_TLS_Certificate_h_

// standard includes
#include <string>

namespace Netxx { namespace TLS {

/**
 * The Netxx::TLS::Certificate class allows you to access information about
 * an X509 certificate. You should use this so that you can verify that the
 * peer you are communicating with is the one you think it is.
 */
class Certificate {
public:

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Create a new Netxx::TLS::Certificate. This is pretty useless for now
     * because this is a pure-virtual class.
     *
     * @author Alex Mitrofanov
    **/
    //####################################################################
    Certificate (void);  

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Cleanup a Netxx::TLS::Certificate object
     *
     * @author Alex Mitrofanov
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual ~Certificate (void);

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Check to see if this certificate object is valid.
     *
     * @return True (1) if the certificate is valid.
     * @return False (0/NULL) if the certificate is NOT valid.
     * @author Peter Jones
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual operator void* (void) const = 0;

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Another way to check if this certificate object is valid.
     *
     * @return True if the certificate is NOT valid.
     * @return False if the certificate is valid.
     * @author Peter Jones
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual bool operator! (void) const = 0;

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Get the fully qualified domain name, or the common name from the
     * certificate. The FQDN is checked first, if there is no FQND,
     * commonName is returned.
     *
     * @return The FQDN or commonName
     * @return A blank string to signal error.
     * @author Alex Mitrofanov
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual std::string get_fqdn (void) const = 0;

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Get the country name from the certificate.
     *
     * @return The country name.
     * @return A blank string to signal error.
     * @author Alex Mitrofanov
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual std::string get_country (void) const = 0;

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Get the locality name (e.g, the state name) from the certifcate.
     *
     * @return The locality name.
     * @return A blank string to signal error.
     * @author Alex Mitrofanov
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual std::string get_locality (void) const = 0;

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Get the region name (e.g., city name) from the certificate.
     *
     * @return The region name.
     * @return A blank string to signal error.
     * @author Alex Mitrofanov
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual std::string get_region (void) const = 0;

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Get the organization name from the certificate.
     *
     * @return The organization name.
     * @return A blank string to signal error.
     * @author Alex Mitrofanov
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual std::string get_organization (void) const = 0;

    //####################################################################
    /** 
     * Get the organizational unit name from the certificate.
     *
     * @return The organizational unit name
     * @return A blank string to signal error.
     * @author Alex Mitrofanov
    **/
    //####################################################################
    virtual std::string get_organization_unit (void) const = 0;

private:
    Certificate (const Certificate&);
    Certificate& operator= (const Certificate&);
}; // end Netxx::TLS::Certificate class

}} // namespace Netxx & namespace TLS

#endif