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17
18package java.security.cert;
19
20import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
21
22/**
23 * The <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@code
24 * CertPathBuilder} class to be implemented by security providers.
25 */
26public abstract class CertPathBuilderSpi {
27
28    /**
29     * Creates a new {@code CertPathBuilderSpi} instance.
30     */
31    public CertPathBuilderSpi() {
32    }
33
34    /**
35     * Builds a certification path with the specified algorithm parameters.
36     *
37     * @param params
38     *            the algorithm parameters.
39     * @return a result of the build.
40     * @throws CertPathBuilderException
41     *             if the build fails.
42     * @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
43     *             if the specified parameters cannot be used to build the path
44     *             with this builder.
45     */
46    public abstract CertPathBuilderResult engineBuild(CertPathParameters params)
47            throws CertPathBuilderException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
48}
49