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java.security.cert

Class CertPathValidatorSpi

Known Direct Subclasses:
PKIXCertPathValidatorImpl
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

CertPathValidatorSpi()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

abstract CertPathValidatorResult
engineValidate(CertPath certPath, CertPathParameters params)
Attempt to validate a certificate path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

CertPathValidatorSpi

public CertPathValidatorSpi()
Default constructor.

Method Details

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.
CertPathValidatorSpi -- cert path validator service provider interface Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

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