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## cryptix.pki
Class PrincipalBuilderSpi

    java.lang.Object
      cryptix.pki.PrincipalBuilderSpi

public abstract class PrincipalBuilderSpi
extends java.lang.Object

Service provider interface for PrincipalBuilder

Version:
  $Revision: 1.2 $
Author:
  Edwin Woudt

Constructor Summary
`PrincipalBuilderSpi()`

Method Summary
`abstract java.security.Principal` | `engineBuild(java.lang.Object contents)` Returns a new principal based on the given contents.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### PrincipalBuilderSpi

    public PrincipalBuilderSpi()

Method Detail

### engineBuild

    public abstract java.security.Principal engineBuild(java.lang.Object contents)
                                                 throws PrincipalException

  Returns a new principal based on the given contents.

  The parameter will probably be a String most of the times, however other things like an Image (for a photo) are also possible.

  Throws:
    `PrincipalException` - on a variety of format specific problems.

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