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package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.syntaxCheckers;


import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.constants.SchemaConstants;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;


/**
 * A SyntaxChecker which verifies that a value is a certificate according to RFC 4523 :
 * 
 * "Due to changes made to the definition of a Certificate through time,
 *  no LDAP-specific encoding is defined for this syntax.  Values of this
 *  syntax SHOULD be encoded using Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)
 *  [X.690] and MUST only be transferred using the ;binary transfer
 *  option"
 * 
 * It has been removed in RFC 4517
 *  
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class CertificateSyntaxChecker extends BinarySyntaxChecker
{
    /** A logger for this class */
    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( CertificateSyntaxChecker.class );


    /**
     * Creates a new instance of CertificateSyntaxChecker.
     */
    public CertificateSyntaxChecker()
    {
        super();
        setOid( SchemaConstants.CERTIFICATE_SYNTAX );
    }


    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public boolean isValidSyntax( Object value )
    {
        LOG.debug( "Syntax valid for '{}'", value );
        return true;
    }
}