TokenProvider.java

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package org.apache.cxf.sts.token.provider;

/**
 * An interface that can provide a security token.
 */
public interface TokenProvider {

    /**
     * Return true if this TokenProvider implementation is capable of providing a token
     * that corresponds to the given TokenType
     */
    boolean canHandleToken(String tokenType);

    /**
     * Return true if this TokenProvider implementation is capable of providing a token
     * that corresponds to the given TokenType in a given realm
     */
    boolean canHandleToken(String tokenType, String realm);

    /**
     * Create a token given a TokenProviderParameters
     */
    TokenProviderResponse createToken(TokenProviderParameters tokenParameters);

}