com.cyberark.conjur.api.clients

Class AuthnTokenClient

java.lang.Object

com.cyberark.conjur.api.clients.AuthnTokenClient

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthnProvider

public class AuthnTokenClient
extends Object
implements AuthnProvider

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AuthnTokenClient(Token token)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Token	authenticate() Return an authentication token.
Token	authenticate(boolean useCachedToken) Return an authentication token.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthnTokenClient

public AuthnTokenClient(Token token)

Method Detail

authenticate

public Token authenticate()

Description copied from interface: AuthnProvider

Return an authentication token. This method should be equivalent to authenticate(true) if the implementation supports token caching.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthnProvider

Returns:

a Conjur authentication token

authenticate

public Token authenticate(boolean useCachedToken)

Description copied from interface: AuthnProvider

Return an authentication token. If the implementation supports token caching and useCachedToken is true, it should return a cached token if a valid (non-expired) one is available. If useCachedToken is false, it should always fetch a fresh token from the Conjur authn service.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthnProvider

Parameters:

useCachedToken - whether to use a cached token.

Returns:

a Conjur authentication token