Package java.security.cert

Class CertPathBuilderSpi

java.lang.Object

java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderSpi

Direct Known Subclasses:

PKIXCertPathBuilderSpi

public abstract class CertPathBuilderSpi
extends Object

The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathBuilder class to be implemented by security providers.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CertPathBuilderSpi()	Creates a new CertPathBuilderSpi instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract CertPathBuilderResult	engineBuild(CertPathParameters params)	Builds a certification path with the specified algorithm parameters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

CertPathBuilderSpi

public CertPathBuilderSpi()

Creates a new CertPathBuilderSpi instance.

Method Details

engineBuild

public abstract CertPathBuilderResult engineBuild(CertPathParameters params)
                                           throws CertPathBuilderException,
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException

Builds a certification path with the specified algorithm parameters.

Parameters:

params - the algorithm parameters.

Returns:

a result of the build.

Throws:

CertPathBuilderException - if the build fails.

InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - if the specified parameters cannot be used to build the path with this builder.