Module java.base

Class 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 Detail

      • CertPathBuilderSpi

        public CertPathBuilderSpi()
        The default constructor.
    • Method Detail

      • 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