package at.knowcenter.wag.egov.egiz.ldap.client;

import iaik.asn1.structures.Name;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:thomas.knall@iaik.tugraz.at">Thomas Knall</a>
 */
public interface LDAPIssuerNameFilter {

	/**
	 * Applies some kind of filtering on the distinguished name. This can be used
	 * for normalization.
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *           The original distinguished name.
	 * @return The new filtered distinguished name.
	 */
	Name applyFilter(Name name);

}