TokenEncoder.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2013 EMC Corporation
 * All Rights Reserved
 */
package com.emc.storageos.security.authentication;

import com.emc.storageos.security.exceptions.SecurityException;

/**
 * Interface to define the required functionality to encode/decode tokens
 * on the wire
 */
public interface TokenEncoder {

    /**
     * Encodes the supplied token
     * 
     * @param rawToken
     * @return encodedToken
     * @throws SecurityException
     */
    public String encode(TokenOnWire rawToken) throws SecurityException;

    /**
     * Decodes the supplied Token
     * 
     * @param encodedToken
     * @return rawToken
     * @throws SecurityException
     */
    public TokenOnWire decode(String encodedToken) throws SecurityException;
}