Package eu.webtoolkit.jwt.auth

Class Identity

java.lang.Object
eu.webtoolkit.jwt.auth.Identity
public class Identity extends Object
A class that represents a user identity.

The identity is the result of an authentication process. Although the most common authentication method (password authentication) only returns a user name, other methods (such as OAuth, client SSL certificates, or an authentication reverse proxy server) may return more information.

At the very least, the user is identified using a unique ID, and it optionally also contains name and email address information.

  • Field Details

    • Invalid

      public static final Identity Invalid
      An invalid identity constant.

      This is an identity that is not isValid().

    • LoginName

      public static final String LoginName
      The login name identity.

      This is a provider name for the (usually user-controlled) identity, used for example for password-based authentication.

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  • Constructor Details

    • Identity

      public Identity()
      Default constructor.

      Creates an invalid identity.

    • Identity

      public Identity(String provider, String id, String name, String email, boolean emailVerified)
      Constructor.

  • Method Details

    • isValid

      public boolean isValid()
      Returns whether the identity is valid.

      An invalid identity is used to indicate for example that no identity information could be obtained.

    • getProvider

      public String getProvider()
      Returns the provider name.

      This is a unique id that names the source for this identity (e.g. "google-oauth", or "LDAP", or "user" (for a user-chosen identity).

    • getId

      public String getId()
      Returns the id.

      Returns a unique identifier for the user within the scope of this provider.

    • getName

      public String getName()
      Returns the name.

      Returns the user's name, or an empty string if not provided.

    • getEmail

      public String getEmail()
      Returns an email address.

      Returns the user's email address, or an empty string if not provided.

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    • isEmailVerified

      public boolean isEmailVerified()
      Returns whether the email address has been verified.

      The third party provider may be able to guarantee that the user indeed also control's the given email address (e.g. because the third party hosts that email account for the user).

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