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+// Copyright (c) 2020 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef QUICHE_QUIC_CORE_CRYPTO_SERVER_PROOF_VERIFIER_H_
+#define QUICHE_QUIC_CORE_CRYPTO_SERVER_PROOF_VERIFIER_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "net/third_party/quiche/src/quic/core/crypto/proof_verifier.h"
+#include "net/third_party/quiche/src/quic/core/quic_types.h"
+
+namespace quic {
+
+// A ServerProofVerifier checks the certificate chain presented by a client.
+class QUIC_EXPORT_PRIVATE ServerProofVerifier {
+ public:
+  virtual ~ServerProofVerifier() {}
+
+  // VerifyCertChain checks that |certs| is a valid chain. On success, it
+  // returns QUIC_SUCCESS. On failure, it returns QUIC_FAILURE and sets
+  // |*error_details| to a description of the problem. In either case it may set
+  // |*details|, which the caller takes ownership of.
+  //
+  // |context| specifies an implementation specific struct (which may be nullptr
+  // for some implementations) that provides useful information for the
+  // verifier, e.g. logging handles.
+  //
+  // This function may also return QUIC_PENDING, in which case the
+  // ServerProofVerifier will call back, on the original thread, via |callback|
+  // when complete. In this case, the ServerProofVerifier will take ownership of
+  // |callback|.
+  virtual QuicAsyncStatus VerifyCertChain(
+      const std::vector<std::string>& certs,
+      std::string* error_details,
+      std::unique_ptr<ProofVerifierCallback> callback) = 0;
+};
+
+}  // namespace quic
+#endif  // QUICHE_QUIC_CORE_CRYPTO_SERVER_PROOF_VERIFIER_H_