ClientCredentials.java

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package org.zalando.stups.tokens;

/**
 * "Model" interface specification for client credentials (as described on the OAuth2.0 spec).
 *
 * This might be any implementation from a static class that will provide the same <i>id</i> and
 * <i>secret</i> for all calls up to a {@link ThreadLocal} based implementation that can supply
 * different values for each {@link Thread}.
 */
public interface ClientCredentials {

    /**
     * Get the <i>id</i> for this {@link ClientCredentials}; this is called the <i>client_id</i> on
     * the OAuth2.0 spec.
     *
     * @return  A non null, not empty {@link String}
     */
    String getId();

    /**
     * Get the <i>secret</i> for this {@link ClientCredentials}; this is called the
     * <i>client_secret</i> on the OAuth2.0 spec.
     *
     * @return  A non null, not empty {@link String}
     */
    String getSecret();
}