Source for java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorSpi

   1: /* CertPathValidatorSpi -- cert path validator service provider interface
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package java.security.cert;
  40: 
  41: import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
  42: 
  43: /**
  44:  * The <i>service provider interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@link
  45:  * CertPathValidator} class. Providers implementing certificate path
  46:  * validators must subclass this class and implement its abstract
  47:  * methods.
  48:  */
  49: public abstract class CertPathValidatorSpi
  50: {
  51: 
  52:   // Constructor.
  53:   // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  54: 
  55:   /**
  56:    * Default constructor.
  57:    */
  58:   public CertPathValidatorSpi()
  59:   {
  60:     super();
  61:   }
  62: 
  63:   // Abstract methods.
  64:   // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  65: 
  66:   /**
  67:    * Attempt to validate a certificate path.
  68:    *
  69:    * @param certPath The path to validate.
  70:    * @param params   The algorithm-specific parameters.
  71:    * @return The result of this validation attempt.
  72:    * @throws CertPathValidatorException If the certificate path cannot
  73:    * be validated.
  74:    * @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException If this implementation
  75:    * rejects the specified parameters.
  76:    */
  77:   public abstract CertPathValidatorResult
  78:   engineValidate(CertPath certPath, CertPathParameters params)
  79:   throws CertPathValidatorException,
  80:          InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
  81: }