SubjectCreator.java

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package org.apache.cxf.rs.security.oauth2.provider;

import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;

import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.ext.MessageContext;
import org.apache.cxf.rs.security.oauth2.common.UserSubject;

/**
 * Optional provider responsible for creating
 * resource owner subject representations
 */
public interface SubjectCreator {


    /**
     * Create a {@link UserSubject}
     * @param mc the {@link MessageContext} of this request
     * @param params the request parameters
     * @return {@link UserSubject}
     * @throws OAuthServiceException
     */
    UserSubject createUserSubject(MessageContext mc,
                                  MultivaluedMap<String, String> params) throws OAuthServiceException;
}