Manually verify a certificate (chain) against a root

CertificateValidation.java

public static void validateCertificate(X509Certificate toVerify, X509Certificate root) throws Exception {
	CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");

	CertPath cp = cf.generateCertPath(Collections.singletonList(toVerify));

	TrustAnchor trustAnchor = new TrustAnchor(root, null);

	CertPathValidator cpv = CertPathValidator.getInstance("PKIX");
	PKIXParameters pkixParams = new PKIXParameters(Collections.singleton(trustAnchor));
	pkixParams.setRevocationEnabled(false);

	cpv.validate(cp, pkixParams);
}