TokenValidator (WildFly Elytron Parent 2.1.0.Final API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JwtValidator, OAuth2IntrospectValidator
```
public interface TokenValidator
```
A TokenValidator is responsible to validate a BearerTokenEvidence and support validation and transformation of different types of security tokens.

Author:

Pedro Igor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Attributes`	`validate(BearerTokenEvidence evidence)`	Validates a `BearerTokenEvidence` and returns an `Attributes` instance containing all information within a security token passed through `evidence`.

- Method Detail
  - validate
```
Attributes validate(BearerTokenEvidence evidence)
             throws RealmUnavailableException
```
    Validates a BearerTokenEvidence and returns an Attributes instance containing all information within a security token passed through evidence.
    
    Parameters:
    
    evidence - a BearerTokenEvidence holding the security token to validate
    
    Returns:
    
    an Attributes instance containing all information from the security token, when valid. Otherwise, this method returns null to indicate that the security token is invalid
    
    Throws:
    
    RealmUnavailableException - if any error occurs when validating the evidence