Class CertPathBuilderSpi
- java.lang.Object
-
- java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderSpi
public abstract class CertPathBuilderSpi extends Object
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.
- Since:
- 1.4
Constructor Summary
Constructor | Description |
---|---|
CertPathBuilderSpi() | The default constructor. |
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
abstract CertPathBuilderResult | engineBuild(CertPathParameters params) | Attempts to build a certification path using the specified algorithm parameter set. |
CertPathChecker | engineGetRevocationChecker() | Returns a |
Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
Constructor Detail
CertPathBuilderSpi
public CertPathBuilderSpi()
The default constructor.
Method Detail
engineBuild
public abstract CertPathBuilderResult engineBuild(CertPathParameters params) throws CertPathBuilderException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
Attempts to build a certification path using the specified algorithm parameter set.
- Parameters:
-
params
- the algorithm parameters - Returns:
- the result of the build algorithm
- 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 thisCertPathBuilder
engineGetRevocationChecker
public CertPathChecker engineGetRevocationChecker()
Returns a CertPathChecker
that this implementation uses to check the revocation status of certificates. A PKIX implementation returns objects of type PKIXRevocationChecker
.
The primary purpose of this method is to allow callers to specify additional input parameters and options specific to revocation checking. See the class description of CertPathBuilder
for an example.
This method was added to version 1.8 of the Java Platform Standard Edition. In order to maintain backwards compatibility with existing service providers, this method cannot be abstract and by default throws an UnsupportedOperationException
.
- Returns:
- a
CertPathChecker
that this implementation uses to check the revocation status of certificates - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if this method is not supported - Since:
- 1.8