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| -rw-r--r-- | src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py | 9 |
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst index ce2f0918..47553a9d 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst @@ -512,3 +512,17 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. :raises cryptography.exceptions.UnsupportedAlgorithm: If the data is encrypted with an unsupported algorithm. + +.. class:: X509Backend + + .. versionadded:: 0.7 + + A backend with methods for working with X.509 objects. + + .. method:: load_pem_x509_certificate(data) + + :param bytes data: PEM formatted certificate data. + + :returns: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.X509Certificate` + provider. diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py index f433afcb..dcdd1c39 100644 --- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py +++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py @@ -250,3 +250,12 @@ class PKCS8SerializationBackend(object): Load a private key from PKCS8 encoded data, using password if the data is encrypted. """ + + +@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta) +class X509Backend(object): + @abc.abstractmethod + def load_pem_x509_certificate(self, data): + """ + Load an X.509 certificate from PEM encoded data. + """ |