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package org.springframework.security.oauth2.jwt;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface are responsible for &quot;decoding&quot;
 * a JSON Web Token (JWT) from it's compact claims representation format to a {@link Jwt}.
 *
 * <p>
 * JWTs may be represented using the JWS Compact Serialization format for a
 * JSON Web Signature (JWS) structure or JWE Compact Serialization format for a
 * JSON Web Encryption (JWE) structure. Therefore, implementors are responsible
 * for verifying a JWS and/or decrypting a JWE.
 *
 * @author Joe Grandja
 * @since 5.0
 * @see Jwt
 * @see <a target="_blank" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519">JSON Web Token (JWT)</a>
 * @see <a target="_blank" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7515">JSON Web Signature (JWS)</a>
 * @see <a target="_blank" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7516">JSON Web Encryption (JWE)</a>
 * @see <a target="_blank" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7515#section-3.1">JWS Compact Serialization</a>
 * @see <a target="_blank" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7516#section-3.1">JWE Compact Serialization</a>
 */
public interface JwtDecoder {

	/**
	 * Decodes the JWT from it's compact claims representation format and returns a {@link Jwt}.
	 *
	 * @param token the JWT value
	 * @return a {@link Jwt}
	 * @throws JwtException if an error occurs while attempting to decode the JWT
	 */
	Jwt decode(String token) throws JwtException;

}
