Package org.keycloak.provider

Interface ProviderFactory<T extends Provider>

All Known Subinterfaces:
ComponentFactory<CreatedType,ProviderType>, HostnameProviderFactory, LocaleSelectorProviderFactory, LocaleUpdaterProviderFactory, SimpleValidator, SubComponentFactory<CreatedType,ProviderType>, ThemeResourceProviderFactory, ThemeSelectorProviderFactory, ValidatorFactory, VaultProviderFactory
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractSimpleValidator, AbstractStringValidator
public interface ProviderFactory<T extends Provider>
At boot time, keycloak discovers all factories. For each discovered factory, the init() method is called. After all factories have been initialized, the postInit() method is called. close() is called when the server shuts down. Only one instance of a factory exists per server.
Author:
Stian Thorgersen

  • Method Details

    • create

      T create(KeycloakSession session)

    • init

      void init(Config.Scope config)
      Only called once when the factory is first created. This config is pulled from keycloak_server.json
      Parameters:
      config -

    • postInit

      void postInit(KeycloakSessionFactory factory)
      Called after all provider factories have been initialized

    • close

      void close()
      This is called when the server shuts down.

    • getId

      String getId()

    • order

      default int order()

    • getConfigMetadata

      default List<ProviderConfigProperty> getConfigMetadata()
      Returns the metadata for each configuration property supported by this factory.
      Returns:
      a list with the metadata for each configuration property supported by this factory