Package no.idata1002.group19.service

Class JwtService

java.lang.Object

no.idata1002.group19.service.JwtService

@Component
public class JwtService
extends Object

Represents an JSON Web Token (JWT) service which generates JWT Tokens upon user authentication, and to validate JWTs provided by the client to ensure the credibility of the given requests.

Since:

16.04.2023

Version:

16.04.2023

Author:

Group19

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JwtService()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getAuthUser(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)	Validates a JWT which a client has provided in its request header.
String	getToken(String username)	Generates a JWT Token with the given username and expiration time which are to be returned to the client upon authorization.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

JwtService

public JwtService()

Method Details

getToken

public String getToken(String username)

Generates a JWT Token with the given username and expiration time which are to be returned to the client upon authorization.

Parameters:

username - The username of the authenticated user.

Returns:

Generated JSON Web Token as a String.

getAuthUser

public String getAuthUser(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Validates a JWT which a client has provided in its request header.

Parameters:

request - The HTTP request which the client forwarded to the server.

Returns:

String username of the user which the JWT was generated to.