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/**
* Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing
* certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and
* certification paths. It contains support for X.509 v3
* certificates and X.509 v2 CRLs.
*
* <h2>Package Specification</h2>
*
* <ul>
* <li><a href="{@docRoot}openjdk-redirect.html?v=8&path=/technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html">
* <b>Java&trade;
* Cryptography Architecture (JCA) Reference Guide</b></a>
* <li>RFC 5280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and
* Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
* <li>RFC 2560: X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate
* Status Protocol - OCSP
* <li><a href="{@docRoot}openjdk-redirect.html?v=8&path=/technotes/guides/security/StandardNames.html">
* <b>Java&trade;
* Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name
* Documentation</b></a></li>
* </ul>
*
* <h2>Related Documentation</h2>
*
* For information about X.509 certificates and CRLs, please see:
* <ul>
* <li><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5280.txt">
* http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5280.txt</a>
* <li><a href=
* "{@docRoot}/openjdk-redirect.html?v=8&path=/technotes/guides/security/certpath/CertPathProgGuide.html">
* <b>Java&trade;
* PKI Programmer's Guide</b></a>
* <li><a href="{@docRoot}openjdk-redirect.html?v=8&path=/technotes/guides/security/cert3.html">
* <b>X.509 Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs)</b></a>
* </ul>
*
* @since 1.2
*/
package java.security.cert;