org.springframework.social.security

Interface SocialAuthenticationServiceLocator

All Superinterfaces:

ConnectionFactoryLocator

All Known Implementing Classes:

SocialAuthenticationServiceRegistry

public interface SocialAuthenticationServiceLocator
extends ConnectionFactoryLocator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SocialAuthenticationService<?>	getAuthenticationService(String providerId) Lookup a SocialAuthenticationService by providerId; for example, "facebook".
Set<String>	registeredAuthenticationProviderIds() Returns the set of providerIds for which a SocialAuthenticationService is registered; for example, {"twitter", "facebook", "foursquare" }.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.social.connect.ConnectionFactoryLocator

getConnectionFactory, getConnectionFactory, registeredProviderIds

Method Detail

getAuthenticationService

SocialAuthenticationService<?> getAuthenticationService(String providerId)

Lookup a SocialAuthenticationService by providerId; for example, "facebook".

Parameters:

providerId - the provider ID used to find an authentication service

Returns:

a SocialAuthenticationServer for the given provider ID

registeredAuthenticationProviderIds

Set<String> registeredAuthenticationProviderIds()

Returns the set of providerIds for which a SocialAuthenticationService is registered; for example, {"twitter", "facebook", "foursquare" }. Elements in this set can be passed to getAuthenticationService(String) to fetch a specific authentication service.

Returns:

a Set of provider IDs for which a SocialAuthenticationService has been registered with this provider.