CertPath
Class CertPath
- java.lang.Object
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- java.security.cert.CertPath
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Serializable
public abstract class CertPath extends Object implements Serializable
An immutable sequence of certificates (a certification path).
This is an abstract class that defines the methods common to all CertPaths. Subclasses can handle different kinds of certificates (X.509, PGP, etc.).
All CertPath objects have a type, a list of Certificates, and one or more supported encodings. Because the CertPath class is immutable, a CertPath cannot change in any externally visible way after being constructed. This stipulatio
