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Certification Path Validation Classes:

The Validation classes of the Certification path API are used to validate certification path or CertPath objects.

CertPathValidator:

The CertPathValidator class is a singleton class which is an Engine class used to validate a certification path. After an instance of the CertpathValidator is obtained through its singleton factory methods, the instance can validate a certification path by calling the validate() method. The validate() method takes the CertPath object representing the certification path and the CertPathParameters objects that contains the algorithm specific parameters. If validation is successful then a CertPathValidatorResult object is returned, else a CertPathValidatorException is thrown.

CertPathValidatorResult:

The CertPathValidatorResult is a interface that represents the result of a certification path validation algorithm. It is designed as a transparent interface and does not directly have any information of the successful validation result. The actual result is stored in an algorithm specific class which implements the CertPathValidatorResult interface. The CertPathValidatorResult interface will hold the output parameters specific to a specific certification path validation algorithm. For example in the PKIX certification path validation, the result is of type PKIXCertPathValidatorResult which in turn implements the CertPathValidatorResult interface. However the calling application only gets an instance of the CertPathValidatorResult object.

Certification Path Building Classes:

The Certification path building classes are part of the Java certification path API which is used to build or discover certification paths. CertPath objects are created using instances of the CertPathBuilder class. A CertPathBuilder class is used to discover or find a certification path if one does not exist. It is a singleton class that creates an instance of itself through singleton factory methods. Once an object is created a certification path is created by calling the build method and passing the CertPathParameters object. If the build is a success a CertPathBuilderResult object is returned else a CertPathBuilderException is thrown.

CertPathBuilderResult:

The CertPathBuilderResult interface is a transparent representation of the output of a certification path builder program. It contains the CertPath object within it, which can be obtained through the getCertPath() method. It allows the functionality of cloning itself so that multiple copies of it can be made.

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