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package java.security.cert;

A specification of the result of a certification path validator algorithm.
 The purpose of this interface is to group (and provide type safety for) all certification path validator results. All results returned by the CertPathValidator.validate method must implement this interface. 
Author:
     Yassir Elley
See Also:
CertPathValidator
Since:
      1.4/**
 * A specification of the result of a certification path validator algorithm.
 * <p>
 * The purpose of this interface is to group (and provide type safety
 * for) all certification path validator results. All results returned
 * by the {@link CertPathValidator#validate CertPathValidator.validate}
 * method must implement this interface.
 *
 * @see CertPathValidator
 *
 * @since       1.4
 * @author      Yassir Elley
 */
public interface CertPathValidatorResult extends Cloneable {

    
Makes a copy of this CertPathValidatorResult. Changes to the copy will not affect the original and vice versa. 
Returns:
a copy of this CertPathValidatorResult/**
     * Makes a copy of this {@code CertPathValidatorResult}. Changes to the
     * copy will not affect the original and vice versa.
     *
     * @return a copy of this {@code CertPathValidatorResult}
     */
    Object clone();
}