CertPathBuilderSpi

public abstract class CertPathBuilderSpi
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderSpi

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.

Summary

Public constructors
`CertPathBuilderSpi()` The default constructor.

Public methods
`abstract CertPathBuilderResult`	`engineBuild(CertPathParameters params)` Attempts to build a certification path using the specified algorithm parameter set.
`CertPathChecker`	`engineGetRevocationChecker()` Returns a `CertPathChecker` that this implementation uses to check the revocation status of certificates.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
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`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
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`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

CertPathBuilderSpi

Added in API level 1

public CertPathBuilderSpi ()

The default constructor.

Public methods

engineBuild

Added in API level 1

public abstract CertPathBuilderResult engineBuild (CertPathParameters params)

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

Parameters
`params`	`CertPathParameters`: the algorithm parameters

Returns
`CertPathBuilderResult`	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 this `CertPathBuilder`

engineGetRevocationChecker

Added in API level 24

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
`CertPathChecker`	a `CertPathChecker` that this implementation uses to check the revocation status of certificates

Throws
`UnsupportedOperationException`	if this method is not supported