http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html: The Bouncy Castle Java APIs for CMS, PKCS, EAC, TSP, CMP, CRMF, OCSP, and certificate generation. This jar contains APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8. The APIs can be used in conjunction with a JCE/JCA provider such as the one provided with the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs.
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package org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce;

import java.security.NoSuchProviderException;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;

abstract class CertHelper
{
    public CertificateFactory getCertificateFactory(String type)
        throws NoSuchProviderException, CertificateException
    {
        return createCertificateFactory(type);
    }

    protected abstract CertificateFactory createCertificateFactory(String type)
        throws CertificateException, NoSuchProviderException;
}