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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);

}