KeyLocator (Keycloak Docs Distribution 21.1.2 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Iterable<Key>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeKeyLocator, HardcodedKeyLocator
```
public interface KeyLocator
extends Iterable<Key>
```
This interface defines a method for obtaining a security key by ID.
If the KeyLocator implementor wants to make all its keys available for iteration, it should implement Iterable<T extends Key> interface. The base KeyLocator does not extend this interface to enable KeyLocators that do not support listing their keys.

Author:

Hynek Mlnařík

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class KeyLocator.KeyHash
Helper class that facilitates the hash of a Key to be located easier.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Key`	`getKey(String kid)`	Returns a key with a particular ID.
`default Key`	`getKey(Key key)`	Method that checks if the key passed is inside the locator.
`default Key`	`getKey(KeyInfo info)`	Returns the key in the locator that is represented by the KeyInfo dsig structure.
`void`	`refreshKeyCache()`	If this key locator caches keys in any way, forces this cache cleanup and refreshing the keys.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable
forEach, iterator, spliterator

- Method Detail
  - getKey
```
Key getKey(String kid)
    throws KeyManagementException
```
    Returns a key with a particular ID.
    
    Parameters:
    
    kid - Key ID
    
    Returns:
    
    key, which should be used for verify signature on given "input"
    
    Throws:
    
    KeyManagementException
  - getKey
```
default Key getKey(Key key)
            throws KeyManagementException
```
    Method that checks if the key passed is inside the locator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The key to search
    
    Returns:
    
    The same key or null if it's not in the locator
    
    Throws:
    
    KeyManagementException
  - getKey
```
default Key getKey(KeyInfo info)
            throws KeyManagementException
```
    Returns the key in the locator that is represented by the KeyInfo dsig structure. The default implementation just iterates and returns the first KeyName, X509Data or PublicKey that is in the locator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    info - The KeyInfo to search
    
    Returns:
    
    The key found or null
    
    Throws:
    
    KeyManagementException
  - refreshKeyCache
```
void refreshKeyCache()
```
    If this key locator caches keys in any way, forces this cache cleanup and refreshing the keys.