Package org.silverpeas.token

Provides an API to generate and to handle tokens of different kinds.

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Description

Interface Summary

Token	A token in Silverpeas is an atom or a symbol, encoded in a String, that is either used to identify uniquely a resource or to stamp a resource for security reason.
TokenGenerator	A generator of tokens.

Class Summary

TokenGenerationParameter<T>	Parameters for customizing the generation of a token.
TokenGenerationParameter.Builder	A builder of a chain of different token generation parameters.
TokenGeneratorProvider	A provider of a token generator according to the type of tokens to generate.

Package org.silverpeas.token Description

Provides an API to generate and to handle tokens of different kinds. Usually a token is used for security reason to either validate the access to a resource or identify a user, a group of users or another resource in Silverpeas. With each type of token is associated a generator of such tokens. The generator embeds the generation policy.