org.jasig.cas.client.validation
Interface TicketValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCasProtocolUrlBasedTicketValidator, AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator, Cas10TicketValidator, Cas20ProxyTicketValidator, Cas20ServiceTicketValidator, Saml11TicketValidator

public interface TicketValidator

Contract for a validator that will confirm the validity of a supplied ticket.

Validator makes no statement about how to validate the ticket or the format of the ticket (other than that it must be a String).

Since:

3.1

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Scott Battaglia

Method Summary

Assertion

validate(java.lang.String ticket, java.lang.String service) Attempts to validate a ticket for the provided service.

Method Detail

validate

Assertion validate(java.lang.String ticket,
                   java.lang.String service)
                   throws TicketValidationException

Attempts to validate a ticket for the provided service.

Parameters:

ticket - the ticket to attempt to validate.

service - the service this ticket is valid for.

Returns:

an assertion from the ticket.

Throws:

TicketValidationException - if the ticket cannot be validated.