com.woorea.openstack.base.client

Interface OpenStackTokenProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

OpenStackSimpleTokenProvider

public interface OpenStackTokenProvider

This interface defines the common behaviors of all token providers. These are classes used by the connector to obtain and manage the security token used to authenticate the user.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	expireToken() Forces the token to be expired, and therefore not usable any longer.
String	getToken()

Method Detail

getToken

String getToken()
         throws OpenStackConnectException,
                OpenStackResponseException

Returns:

The token that is used to authenticate the users access to the API

Throws:

OpenStackConnectException - If the connection to the provider cannot be established. This exception indicates that the provider is not reachable, or that some failure occurred attempting to open the connection to the provider.

OpenStackResponseException - If the provider responds with some form of error regarding the request, such as unauthorized. This is an indication that there is a problem with the request itself, not the connection. @see com.woorea.openstack .base.client.OpenStackClientConnector#request(com.woorea.openstack.base.client.OpenStackRequest)

expireToken

void expireToken()

Forces the token to be expired, and therefore not usable any longer.