Package java.security.cert

Class CertPathValidatorSpi

java.lang.Object

java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorSpi

Direct Known Subclasses:

PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi

public abstract class CertPathValidatorSpi
extends Object

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CertPathValidatorSpi()	Creates a new CertPathValidatorSpi instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract CertPathValidatorResult	engineValidate(CertPath certPath, CertPathParameters params)	Validates the CertPath with the algorithm of this CertPathValidator using the specified algorithm parameters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CertPathValidatorSpi

public CertPathValidatorSpi()

Creates a new CertPathValidatorSpi instance.

Method Detail

engineValidate

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

Validates the CertPath with the algorithm of this CertPathValidator using the specified algorithm parameters.

Parameters:

certPath - the certification path to be validated.

params - the certification path validator algorithm parameters.

Returns:

the validation result.

Throws:

CertPathValidatorException - if the validation fails, or the algorithm of the specified certification path cannot be validated using the algorithm of this instance.

InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - if the specified algorithm parameters cannot be used with this algorithm.