001/* CertPathValidatorSpi -- cert path validator service provider interface
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037
038
039package java.security.cert;
040
041import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
042
043/**
044 * The <i>service provider interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@link
045 * CertPathValidator} class. Providers implementing certificate path
046 * validators must subclass this class and implement its abstract
047 * methods.
048 */
049public abstract class CertPathValidatorSpi
050{
051
052  // Constructor.
053  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
054
055  /**
056   * Default constructor.
057   */
058  public CertPathValidatorSpi()
059  {
060    super();
061  }
062
063  // Abstract methods.
064  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
065
066  /**
067   * Attempt to validate a certificate path.
068   *
069   * @param certPath The path to validate.
070   * @param params   The algorithm-specific parameters.
071   * @return The result of this validation attempt.
072   * @throws CertPathValidatorException If the certificate path cannot
073   * be validated.
074   * @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException If this implementation
075   * rejects the specified parameters.
076   */
077  public abstract CertPathValidatorResult
078  engineValidate(CertPath certPath, CertPathParameters params)
079  throws CertPathValidatorException,
080         InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
081}