org.jclouds.oauth.v2
Interface OAuthApi

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable

public interface OAuthApi
extends Closeable

Provides access to OAuth via REST api.

Usually this is not directly used by a client, which instead specifies OAuthAuthenticator as a request filter, which in turn uses this class to perform token requests.

Method Summary

Token

authenticate(TokenRequest tokenRequest) Authenticates/Authorizes access to a resource defined in TokenRequest against an OAuth v2 authentication/authorization server.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Method Detail

authenticate

@Named(value="authenticate")
Token authenticate(TokenRequest tokenRequest)
                   throws org.jclouds.rest.AuthorizationException

Authenticates/Authorizes access to a resource defined in TokenRequest against an OAuth v2 authentication/authorization server.

Parameters:

tokenRequest - specified the principal and the required permissions

Returns:

a Token object with the token required to access the resource along with its expiration time

Throws:

org.jclouds.rest.AuthorizationException - if the principal cannot be authenticated or has no permissions for the specifed resources.