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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.handler.ssl;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
+import io.netty.util.internal.ObjectUtil;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSessionContext;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Adapter class which allows to wrap another {@link SslContext} and init {@link SSLEngine} instances.
+ */
+public abstract class DelegatingSslContext extends SslContext {
+
+    private final SslContext ctx;
+
+    protected DelegatingSslContext(SslContext ctx) {
+        this.ctx = ObjectUtil.checkNotNull(ctx, "ctx");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isClient() {
+        return ctx.isClient();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final List<String> cipherSuites() {
+        return ctx.cipherSuites();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final long sessionCacheSize() {
+        return ctx.sessionCacheSize();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final long sessionTimeout() {
+        return ctx.sessionTimeout();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final ApplicationProtocolNegotiator applicationProtocolNegotiator() {
+        return ctx.applicationProtocolNegotiator();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final SSLEngine newEngine(ByteBufAllocator alloc) {
+        SSLEngine engine = ctx.newEngine(alloc);
+        initEngine(engine);
+        return engine;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final SSLEngine newEngine(ByteBufAllocator alloc, String peerHost, int peerPort) {
+        SSLEngine engine = ctx.newEngine(alloc, peerHost, peerPort);
+        initEngine(engine);
+        return engine;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final SSLSessionContext sessionContext() {
+        return ctx.sessionContext();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Init the {@link SSLEngine}.
+     */
+    protected abstract void initEngine(SSLEngine engine);
+}