ClaimsSource (Connect2id Server SDK 4.41 API)

All Superinterfaces:

ClaimsSupport, CommonClaimsSource, Lifecycle
```
@ThreadSafe
public interface ClaimsSource
extends CommonClaimsSource
```
Service Provider Interface (SPI) for sourcing OpenID Connect UserInfo and other claims about a subject (end-user). Implementations must be thread- safe.
Claims sources can be:
- LDAP directories
- SQL or NoSQL databases
- Web services
- Files

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`com.nimbusds.openid.connect.sdk.claims.UserInfo`	`getClaims(com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk.id.Subject subject, Set<String> claims, List<com.nimbusds.langtag.LangTag> claimsLocales)`	Requests claims for the specified subject.

Methods inherited from interface com.nimbusds.openid.connect.provider.spi.claims.ClaimsSupport
supportedClaims

Methods inherited from interface com.nimbusds.openid.connect.provider.spi.Lifecycle
init, isEnabled, shutdown

- Method Detail
  - getClaims
```
com.nimbusds.openid.connect.sdk.claims.UserInfo getClaims(com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk.id.Subject subject,
                                                          Set<String> claims,
                                                          List<com.nimbusds.langtag.LangTag> claimsLocales)
                                                   throws Exception
```
    Requests claims for the specified subject.
    
    Parameters:
    
    subject - The subject. Must not be null.
    
    claims - The names of the requested claims, with optional language tags. Must not be null.
    
    claimsLocales - The preferred languages and scripts for the claims to return, null if not specified.
    
    Returns:
    
    The claims, null if the subject wasn't found or the claims source is disabled.
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - If retrieval of the claims failed.