TlsAuthentication (Bouncy Castle Library 1.70 API Specification)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ServerOnlyTlsAuthentication
```
public interface TlsAuthentication
```
Base interface to provide TLS authentication credentials.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`TlsCredentials`	`getClientCredentials(CertificateRequest certificateRequest)`	Return client credentials in response to server's certificate request.
`void`	`notifyServerCertificate(TlsServerCertificate serverCertificate)`	Called by the protocol handler to report the server certificate Note: this method is responsible for certificate verification and validation

- Method Detail
  - notifyServerCertificate
```
void notifyServerCertificate(TlsServerCertificate serverCertificate)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Called by the protocol handler to report the server certificate Note: this method is responsible for certificate verification and validation
    
    Parameters:
    
    serverCertificate - the server certificate received
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - getClientCredentials
```
TlsCredentials getClientCredentials(CertificateRequest certificateRequest)
                             throws java.io.IOException
```
    Return client credentials in response to server's certificate request. The returned value may be null, or else it MUST implement exactly one of TlsCredentialedAgreement, TlsCredentialedDecryptor, or TlsCredentialedSigner, depending on the key exchange that was negotiated and the details of the CertificateRequest.
    
    Parameters:
    
    certificateRequest - details of the certificate request
    
    Returns:
    
    a TlsCredentials object or null for no client authentication
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException