Package com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk

Class ClientCredentialsGrant

java.lang.Object

com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk.AuthorizationGrant

com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk.ClientCredentialsGrant

@Immutable
public class ClientCredentialsGrant
extends AuthorizationGrant

Client credentials grant. Used in access token requests where the client is acting on its own behalf.

Related specifications:

• OAuth 2.0 (RFC 6749), section 4.4.2.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final GrantType	GRANT_TYPE	The grant type.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ClientCredentialsGrant()	Creates a new client credentials grant.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ClientCredentialsGrant	parse(Map<String,List<String>> params)	Parses a client credentials grant from the specified request body parameters.
Map<String,List<String>>	toParameters()	Returns the request body parameters for the authorisation grant.

Methods inherited from class com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk.AuthorizationGrant

getType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

GRANT_TYPE

public static final GrantType GRANT_TYPE

The grant type.

Constructor Details

ClientCredentialsGrant

public ClientCredentialsGrant()

Creates a new client credentials grant. The actual client credentials are included in the client authentication of the TokenRequest.

Method Details

toParameters

public Map<String,List<String>> toParameters()

Description copied from class: AuthorizationGrant

Returns the request body parameters for the authorisation grant.

Specified by:

toParameters in class AuthorizationGrant

Returns:

The parameters.

parse

public static ClientCredentialsGrant parse(Map<String,List<String>> params)
                                    throws ParseException

Parses a client credentials grant from the specified request body parameters.

Example:

 grant_type=client_credentials
 

Parameters:

params - The parameters.

Returns:

The client credentials grant.

Throws:

ParseException - If parsing failed.