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

class DefaultCertHelper
    extends CertHelper
{
    protected CertificateFactory createCertificateFactory(String type)
        throws CertificateException
    {
        return CertificateFactory.getInstance(type);
    }
}