com.nimbusds.jose
Interface ReadOnlyHeader

All Known Subinterfaces:

ReadOnlyCommonSEHeader, ReadOnlyJWEHeader, ReadOnlyJWSHeader, ReadOnlyPlainHeader

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommonSEHeader, Header, JWEHeader, JWSHeader, PlainHeader

public interface ReadOnlyHeader

Read-only view of a header.

Version:

$version$ (2012-12-09)

Author:

Vladimir Dzhuvinov

Method Summary

Algorithm	getAlgorithm() Gets the algorithm (alg) parameter.
String	getContentType() Gets the content type (cty) parameter.
Object	getCustomParameter(String name) Gets a custom (non-reserved) parameter.
Map<String,Object>	getCustomParameters() Gets the custom (non-reserved) parameters.
Set<String>	getIncludedParameters() Gets the names of all included parameters (reserved and custom) in the header instance.
JOSEObjectType	getType() Gets the type (typ) parameter.
Base64URL	toBase64URL() Returns a Base64URL representation of the header.
net.minidev.json.JSONObject	toJSONObject() Returns a JSON object representation of the header.

Method Detail

getAlgorithm

Algorithm getAlgorithm()

Gets the algorithm (alg) parameter.

Returns:

The algorithm parameter.

getType

JOSEObjectType getType()

Gets the type (typ) parameter.

Returns:

The type parameter, null if not specified.

getContentType

String getContentType()

Gets the content type (cty) parameter.

Returns:

The content type parameter, null if not specified.

getCustomParameter

Object getCustomParameter(String name)

Gets a custom (non-reserved) parameter.

Parameters:

name - The name of the custom parameter. Must not be null.

Returns:

The custom parameter, null if not specified.

getCustomParameters

Map<String,Object> getCustomParameters()

Gets the custom (non-reserved) parameters.

Returns:

The custom parameters, as a unmodifiable map, empty map if none.

getIncludedParameters

Set<String> getIncludedParameters()

Gets the names of all included parameters (reserved and custom) in the header instance.

Returns:

The included parameters.

toJSONObject

net.minidev.json.JSONObject toJSONObject()

Returns a JSON object representation of the header. All custom parameters are included if they serialise to a JSON entity and their names don't conflict with the reserved ones.

Returns:

The JSON object representation of the header.

toBase64URL

Base64URL toBase64URL()

Returns a Base64URL representation of the header.

Returns:

The Base64URL representation of the header.