Overview (Connect2id Server SDK 3.8 API)

Packages
Package	Description
com.nimbusds.openid.connect.provider.spi	Common SPI classes.
com.nimbusds.openid.connect.provider.spi.claims	OpenID Connect claims source SPIs.
com.nimbusds.openid.connect.provider.spi.grants	OAuth 2.0 authorisation grant handler SPIs.

Java Service Provider Interface (SPI) for sourcing OpenID Connect claims about a subject (end-user), such as email, name, phone number and address. Used by the Connect2id Server in its OpenID Connect Provider (OP) role to aggregate claims from one or more sources (LDAP, RDMBS, etc).
SPI for handling resource owner password credential grants (see RFC 6749, section 4.3). Used by the Connect2id Server to delegate validation of the submitted username / password and authorisation for the requested token.
SPI for handling client credential grants (see RFC 6749, section 4.4). Used by the Connect2id Server to delegate authorisation for the requested token.
SPI for handling client-issued (self-issued) JWT bearer assertion grants (see RFC 7523, section 2.1). Used by the Connect2id server to delegate authorisation for the requested token.
SPI for handling client-issued (self-issued) SAML 2.0 bearer assertion grants (see RFC 7522, section 2.1). Used by the Connect2id server to delegate authorisation for the requested token.
SPI for handling third-party issued SAML 2.0 bearer assertion grants (see RFC 7522, section 2.1). Used by the Connect2id server to delegate validation of the SAML 2.0 assertion and authorisation for the requested token.

Official releases of the Connect2id Server toolkit are pushed to Maven Central under

GroupId: com.nimbusds

ArtifactId: c2id-server-sdk

These include the library’s source code, compiled JAR and JavaDocs.

To add the SDK to your Maven project use the following template:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
    <artifactId>c2id-server-sdk</artifactId>
    <version>[version]</version>
</dependency>

where [version] should match the expected by the particular Connect2id Server version you're running.