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package java.security.cert;

import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;

/**
 * The <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@code
 * CertPathBuilder} class to be implemented by security providers.
 */
public abstract class CertPathBuilderSpi {

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code CertPathBuilderSpi} instance.
     */
    public CertPathBuilderSpi() {
    }

    /**
     * Builds a certification path with the specified algorithm parameters.
     *
     * @param params
     *            the algorithm parameters.
     * @return a result of the build.
     * @throws CertPathBuilderException
     *             if the build fails.
     * @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
     *             if the specified parameters cannot be used to build the path
     *             with this builder.
     */
    public abstract CertPathBuilderResult engineBuild(CertPathParameters params)
            throws CertPathBuilderException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
}