Package org.jose4j.keys.resolvers

Interface VerificationKeyResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

EmbeddedJwkVerificationKeyResolver, HttpsJwksVerificationKeyResolver, JwksVerificationKeyResolver, X509VerificationKeyResolver

public interface VerificationKeyResolver

A callback interface for resolving the key (by looking at headers like "kid", for example) to use to verify the JWS signature.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Key	resolveKey(JsonWebSignature jws, List<JsonWebStructure> nestingContext)	Choose the key to be used for signature verification on the given JWS.

Method Details

resolveKey

Key resolveKey(JsonWebSignature jws,
 List<JsonWebStructure> nestingContext)
        throws UnresolvableKeyException

Choose the key to be used for signature verification on the given JWS.

Parameters:

jws - the JsonWebSignature that's about to be verified

nestingContext - a list of JOSE objects, if any, in which the JWS was nested. The last item in the list is the outer most JOSE object (not including the current JWS).

Returns:

the signature or MAC verification key

Throws:

UnresolvableKeyException - if no appropriate key can be found