/* * Copyright 2015 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springframework.social; /** * Top-level marker interface defining a ServiceProvider. * A ServiceProvider provides access to a API that the application can invoke on behalf of a provider user. * For example, the FacebookServiceProvider could expose a FacebookApi that the application can invoke on behalf of Facebook user "Keith Donald". * Defines a single parameterized type A representing a strongly-typed Java binding to the provider's API that can be obtained and invoked by the application. * Does not define any operations since the provider authorization flow needed to construct an authorized API binding is protocol specific, for example, OAuth1 or OAuth2. * @author Keith Donald * @param <A> the service provider's API type */ public interface ServiceProvider<A> { }