Secret.java

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 *
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package org.zalando.stups.tokens;

/**
 * A secret can be used to authorize against a authority.
 * 
 * @author jbellmann
 *
 */
public interface Secret {

    /**
     * The 'type' of this secret ('Basic', 'Bearer').
     */
    String getType();

    /**
     * The value of this secret. Regarding the 'type' this could be a JWT or an
     * encode username-password pair.
     */
    String getValue();

}