Package org.technologybrewery.fermenter.stout.authz.json

Class JsonWebTokenUtil

java.lang.Object

org.technologybrewery.fermenter.stout.authz.json.JsonWebTokenUtil

public final class JsonWebTokenUtil
extends Object

Builds/decodes a JSON Web Token (JWT) for a given subject and set of policies (represented as resource/action pairs). This allows you to ask the PDP for a number of claims and represent them in a JWT format. Within a service, you can simply return this token as a string.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	createToken(String subject, String audience, Collection<? extends AbstractAuthorizationRequest> ruleClaims)	Creates a JSON Web Token (JWT) for the given subject, audience, and resource/action pairs.
static io.jsonwebtoken.Jws<io.jsonwebtoken.Claims>	parseLocalToken(String token)	Decodes a JSON Web Token.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createToken

public static String createToken(String subject,
                                 String audience,
                                 Collection<? extends AbstractAuthorizationRequest> ruleClaims)

Creates a JSON Web Token (JWT) for the given subject, audience, and resource/action pairs.

Parameters:

subject - The subject for which the token will contain information

audience - The audience to whom this token is intended

ruleClaims - resource/action pairs for which the PDP will be asked for decisions or id requests for attributes

Returns:

A signed, compressed JWT token

parseLocalToken

public static io.jsonwebtoken.Jws<io.jsonwebtoken.Claims> parseLocalToken(String token)

Decodes a JSON Web Token.

Parameters:

token - the token to decode

Returns:

the decoded token. See JJWT for usage details.