org.picketlink.idm.credential

Interface Token

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractToken

public interface Token

Represents a token credential.

Basically, a token is a self-contained repository for identities and claims for a particular subject.

Each token type has its own Token.Provider and Token.Consumer. The first is responsible for manage a specific token type (eg.: issue, renew, invalidate, etc). The latter is responsible for consume a specific token type, providing to clients all the necessary code to properly handle a specific token type.

Author:

Pedro Igor

See Also:

Token.Provider, Token.Consumer, TokenCredential, TokenCredentialHandler

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	Token.Builder
static interface	Token.Consumer<T extends Token> Token consumers are responsible to provide all the necessary support to consume information from a specific Token.
static interface	Token.Provider<T extends Token> Token providers are responsible to provide some importantant management operations for a specific Token type.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getSubject() Returns the subject identifier.
String	getToken() Returns the string representation of a token.
String	getType() Returns the type of the token.

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

Returns the type of the token.

Returns:

getSubject

String getSubject()

Returns the subject identifier. The identifier usually represents a unique and never reassigned identifier within the Issuer for the End-User. Which is intended to be consumed by the Client.

Returns:

getToken

String getToken()

Returns the string representation of a token.

Returns: