java.security.cert

Class CertPathValidatorSpi

java.lang.Object

java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorSpi

public abstract class CertPathValidatorSpi
extends Object

The service provider interface (SPI) for the CertPathValidator class. Providers implementing certificate path validators must subclass this class and implement its abstract methods.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CertPathValidatorSpi() Default constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract CertPathValidatorResult	engineValidate(CertPath certPath, CertPathParameters params) Attempt to validate a certificate path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CertPathValidatorSpi

public CertPathValidatorSpi()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

engineValidate

public abstract CertPathValidatorResult engineValidate(CertPath certPath,
                                     CertPathParameters params)
                                                throws CertPathValidatorException,
                                                       InvalidAlgorithmParameterException

Attempt to validate a certificate path.

Parameters:

certPath - The path to validate.

params - The algorithm-specific parameters.

Returns:

The result of this validation attempt.

Throws:

CertPathValidatorException - If the certificate path cannot be validated.

InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - If this implementation rejects the specified parameters.