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     17 
     18 package java.security.cert;
     19 
     20 import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * The <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@code
     24  * CertPathBuilder} class to be implemented by security providers.
     25  */
     26 public abstract class CertPathBuilderSpi {
     27 
     28     /**
     29      * Creates a new {@code CertPathBuilderSpi} instance.
     30      */
     31     public CertPathBuilderSpi() {
     32     }
     33 
     34     /**
     35      * Builds a certification path with the specified algorithm parameters.
     36      *
     37      * @param params
     38      *            the algorithm parameters.
     39      * @return a result of the build.
     40      * @throws CertPathBuilderException
     41      *             if the build fails.
     42      * @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
     43      *             if the specified parameters cannot be used to build the path
     44      *             with this builder.
     45      */
     46     public abstract CertPathBuilderResult engineBuild(CertPathParameters params)
     47             throws CertPathBuilderException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
     48 }
     49