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package java.security.cert;
import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
/**
* The <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@code
* CertPathValidator} class to be implemented by security providers.
*/
public abstract class CertPathValidatorSpi {
/**
* Creates a new {@code CertPathValidatorSpi} instance.
*/
public CertPathValidatorSpi() {
}
/**
* Validates the {@code CertPath} with the algorithm of this {@code
* CertPathValidator} using the specified algorithm parameters.
*
* @param certPath
* the certification path to be validated.
* @param params
* the certification path validator algorithm parameters.
* @return the validation result.
* @throws CertPathValidatorException
* if the validation fails, or the algorithm of the specified
* certification path cannot be validated using the algorithm of
* this instance.
* @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
* if the specified algorithm parameters cannot be used with
* this algorithm.
*/
public abstract CertPathValidatorResult engineValidate(CertPath certPath,
CertPathParameters params) throws CertPathValidatorException,
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
}