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020package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.syntaxCheckers;
021
022
023import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.constants.SchemaConstants;
024import org.slf4j.Logger;
025import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
026
027
028/**
029 * A SyntaxChecker which verifies that a value is a certificate according to RFC 4523 :
030 * 
031 * "Due to changes made to the definition of a Certificate through time,
032 *  no LDAP-specific encoding is defined for this syntax.  Values of this
033 *  syntax SHOULD be encoded using Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)
034 *  [X.690] and MUST only be transferred using the ;binary transfer
035 *  option"
036 * 
037 * It has been removed in RFC 4517
038 *  
039 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
040 */
041@SuppressWarnings("serial")
042public class CertificateSyntaxChecker extends BinarySyntaxChecker
043{
044    /** A logger for this class */
045    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( CertificateSyntaxChecker.class );
046
047
048    /**
049     * Creates a new instance of CertificateSyntaxChecker.
050     */
051    public CertificateSyntaxChecker()
052    {
053        super();
054        setOid( SchemaConstants.CERTIFICATE_SYNTAX );
055    }
056
057
058    /**
059     * {@inheritDoc}
060     */
061    public boolean isValidSyntax( Object value )
062    {
063        LOG.debug( "Syntax valid for '{}'", value );
064        return true;
065    }
066}