TokenProvider.java revision 4a2f0f0be43dfd4c1b490cbf3cc48b6ba6084b1c
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* $Id: TokenProvider.java,v 1.3 2008/08/27 19:05:53 mrudul_uchil Exp $
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/**
* The interface <code>TokenProvider</code> represents a Security Token
* provider for generating the Security Tokens.
*
* <p> Each token provider implementation must implement this interface
* to generate the <code>SecurityToken</code>s that may be attached to the
* Web services security (SOAP) headers.
*
* @supported.all.api
*/
public interface TokenProvider {
/**
* Initializes the <code>TokenProvider</code> to generate the necessary
* Security Token.
*
* @param tokenSpec the token specification required to generate the
* Security Token.
*/
/**
* Returns the <code>SecurityToken</code> for the WS-Security.
*
* @return the Security Token.
*
* @exception SecurityException if unable to generate the Security Token.
*/
}