com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.source

Interface JWKSource<C extends SecurityContext>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ImmutableJWKSet, ImmutableSecret, RemoteJWKSet

public interface JWKSource<C extends SecurityContext>

JSON Web Key (JWK) source. Exposes a method for retrieving JWKs matching a specified selector. An optional context parameter is available to facilitate passing of additional data between the caller and the underlying JWK source (in both directions). Implementations must be thread-safe.

Version:

2016-06-21

Author:

Vladimir Dzhuvinov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<JWK>	get(JWKSelector jwkSelector, C context) Retrieves a list of JWKs matching the specified selector.

Method Detail

get

List<JWK> get(JWKSelector jwkSelector,
              C context)
       throws KeySourceException

Retrieves a list of JWKs matching the specified selector.

Parameters:

jwkSelector - A JWK selector. Must not be null.

context - Optional context, null if not required.

Returns:

The matching JWKs, empty list if no matches were found.

Throws:

KeySourceException - If key sourcing failed.