net.java.truelicense.core

Interface LicenseVendorManager

All Superinterfaces:

ContextProvider<LicenseVendorContext>, LicenseParametersProvider, LicenseSubjectProvider

public interface LicenseVendorManager
extends ContextProvider<LicenseVendorContext>, LicenseSubjectProvider, LicenseParametersProvider

Defines the life cycle management operations for license keys in vendor applications alias key tools.

Author:

Christian Schlichtherle

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
License	create(License bean, Sink sink) Generates a license key from the given license bean and stores the result to the given sink.

Methods inherited from interface net.java.truelicense.core.util.ContextProvider

context

Methods inherited from interface net.java.truelicense.core.LicenseSubjectProvider

subject

Methods inherited from interface net.java.truelicense.core.LicenseParametersProvider

parameters

Method Detail

create

License create(License bean,
               Sink sink)
        throws LicenseManagementException

Generates a license key from the given license bean and stores the result to the given sink.

Calling this operation performs an initial authorization check.

Parameters:

bean - the license bean to process. The bean is not modified by this method.

sink - the sink for storing the license key.

Returns:

A duplicate of the initialized and validated license bean which has been stored in the license key.

Throws:

LicenseValidationException - if validating the license bean fails, e.g. if the license has expired.

LicenseManagementException