SunCertPathBuilder

Class Overview

This class is able to build certification paths in either the forward or reverse directions.

If successful, it returns a certification path which has succesfully satisfied all the constraints and requirements specified in the PKIXBuilderParameters object and has been validated according to the PKIX path validation algorithm defined in RFC 3280.

This implementation uses a depth-first search approach to finding certification paths. If it comes to a point in which it cannot find any more certificates leading to the target OR the path length is too long it backtracks to previous paths until the target has been found or all possible paths have been exhausted.

This implementation is not thread-safe.

Summary

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From class java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderSpi abstract CertPathBuilderResult engineBuild(CertPathParameters params) Attempts to build a certification path using the specified algorithm parameter set.
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