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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 * CertPathValidator} class to be implemented by security providers.
25 */
26public abstract class CertPathValidatorSpi {
27
28    /**
29     * Creates a new {@code CertPathValidatorSpi} instance.
30     */
31    public CertPathValidatorSpi() {
32    }
33
34    /**
35     * Validates the {@code CertPath} with the algorithm of this {@code
36     * CertPathValidator} using the specified algorithm parameters.
37     *
38     * @param certPath
39     *            the certification path to be validated.
40     * @param params
41     *            the certification path validator algorithm parameters.
42     * @return the validation result.
43     * @throws CertPathValidatorException
44     *             if the validation fails, or the algorithm of the specified
45     *             certification path cannot be validated using the algorithm of
46     *             this instance.
47     * @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
48     *             if the specified algorithm parameters cannot be used with
49     *             this algorithm.
50     */
51    public abstract CertPathValidatorResult engineValidate(CertPath certPath,
52            CertPathParameters params) throws CertPathValidatorException,
53            InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
54
55}
56