Package com.nimbusds.jose.proc

Interface SecurityContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

JWKSecurityContext, SimpleSecurityContext

public interface SecurityContext

Security context. Provides additional information necessary for processing a JOSE object.

Example context information:

• Identifier of the message producer (e.g. OpenID Connect issuer) to retrieve its public key to verify the JWS signature.
• Indicator whether the message was received over a secure channel (e.g. TLS/SSL) which is essential for processing unsecured (plain) JOSE objects.

Version:

2015-06-10

Author:

Vladimir Dzhuvinov