Module io.inverno.mod.security

Package io.inverno.mod.security.authentication

Class TokenCredentials

java.lang.Object

io.inverno.mod.security.authentication.TokenCredentials

All Implemented Interfaces:

Credentials

public class TokenCredentials
extends Object
implements Credentials

Credentials used to authenticate an entity based on a verifiable token.

A token is shared between the entity and the authenticator and must be verifiable during the authentication process. A token might be generated by an authority trusted by both the entity and the application, each party being then able to obtain or authenticate the token to the trusted authority. Other approaches might also include symetric or asymetric cryptographic processing.

In order to provide proper security, implementations should choose properly secured tokens which are collision-free and hardly forgeable.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Jeremy Kuhn

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TokenCredentials(String token)	Creates a token credentials with the specified value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getToken()	Returns the token value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface io.inverno.mod.security.authentication.Credentials

isLocked

Constructor Details

TokenCredentials

public TokenCredentials(String token)

Creates a token credentials with the specified value.

Parameters:

token - a token

Method Details

getToken

public String getToken()

Returns the token value.

Returns:

a token