Module java.base
Package java.security.cert

# 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

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

### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

## Constructor Details

### CertPathBuilderSpi

public CertPathBuilderSpi()
The default constructor.

## Method Details

### 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 this `CertPathBuilder`

### 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