CertPathBuilderSpi JDK 1.6)

Description

publicabstract abstract class CertPathBuilderSpi

The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathBuilder class.

The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathBuilder class. All CertPathBuilder implementations must include a class (the SPI class) that extends this class (CertPathBuilderSpi) and implements all of its methods. In general, instances of this class should only be accessed through the CertPathBuilder class. For details, see the Java Cryptography Architecture.

Concurrent Access

Instances of this class need not be protected against concurrent access from multiple threads. Threads that need to access a single CertPathBuilderSpi instance concurrently should synchronize amongst themselves and provide the necessary locking before calling the wrapping CertPathBuilder object.

However, implementations of CertPathBuilderSpi may still encounter concurrency issues, since multiple threads each manipulating a different CertPathBuilderSpi instance need not synchronize.

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Methods

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publicabstract CertPathBuilderResult engineBuild (CertPathParameters params) throws CertPathBuilderException InvalidAlgorithmParameterException

Attempts to build a certification path using the specified algorithm parameter set.

Attempts to build a certification path using the specified
algorithm parameter set.
Returns: the result of the build algorithm
Parameters:
- params - the algorithm parameters
Throws:
- CertPathBuilderException - if the builder is unable to construct a certification path that satisfies the specified parameters
- InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - if the specified parameters are inappropriate for this CertPathBuilder