TokenProvider (OpenAM Project 16.0.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AMTokenProvider
```
public interface TokenProvider
```
The interface TokenProvider represents a Security Token provider for generating the Security Tokens.
Each token provider implementation must implement this interface to generate the SecurityTokens that may be attached to the Web services security (SOAP) headers.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`SecurityToken`	`getSecurityToken()`	Returns the `SecurityToken` for the WS-Security.
`void`	`init(SecurityTokenSpec tokenSpec)`	Initializes the `TokenProvider` to generate the necessary Security Token.

- Method Detail
  - init
```
void init(SecurityTokenSpec tokenSpec)
```
    Initializes the TokenProvider to generate the necessary Security Token.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tokenSpec - the token specification required to generate the Security Token.
  - getSecurityToken
```
SecurityToken getSecurityToken()
                        throws SecurityException
```
    Returns the SecurityToken for the WS-Security.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Security Token.
    
    Throws:
    
    SecurityException - if unable to generate the Security Token.