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/**
* Synchronous and asynchronous client classes for accessing AmazonIdentityManagement.
*
* AWS Identity and Access Management
* AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service that you can
* use to manage users and user permissions under your AWS account. This
* guide provides descriptions of the IAM API. For general information
* about IAM, see
* AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) . For the user guide for IAM, see Using IAM
* .
*
*
* NOTE:AWS provides SDKs that consist of libraries and sample
* code for various programming languages and platforms (Java, Ruby,
* .NET, iOS, Android, etc.). The SDKs provide a convenient way to create
* programmatic access to IAM and AWS. For example, the SDKs take care of
* tasks such as cryptographically signing requests (see below), managing
* errors, and retrying requests automatically. For information about the
* AWS SDKs, including how to download and install them, see the Tools
* for Amazon Web Services page.
*
*
* Using the IAM Query API, you make direct calls to the IAM web
* service. IAM supports GET and POST requests for all actions. That is,
* the API does not require you to use GET for some actions and POST for
* others. However, GET requests are subject to the limitation size of a
* URL. Therefore, for operations that require larger sizes, use a POST
* request.
*
*
* Signing Requests
*
*
* Requests must be signed using an access key ID and a secret access
* key. We strongly recommend that you do not use your AWS account access
* key ID and secret access key for everyday work with IAM. You can use
* the access key ID and secret access key for an IAM user or you can use
* the AWS Security Token Service to generate temporary security
* credentials and use those to sign requests.
*
*
* To sign requests, we recommend that you use
* Signature Version 4
* . If you have an existing application that uses Signature Version 2,
* you do not have to update it to use Signature Version 4. However, some
* operations now require Signature Version 4. The documentation for
* operations that require version 4 indicate this requirement.
*
*
* Recording API requests
*
*
* IAM supports AWS CloudTrail, which is a service that records AWS
* calls for your AWS account and delivers log files to an Amazon S3
* bucket. By using information collected by CloudTrail, you can
* determine what requests were successfully made to IAM, who made the
* request, when it was made, and so on. To learn more about CloudTrail,
* including how to turn it on and find your log files, see the
* AWS CloudTrail User Guide
* .
*
*
* Additional Resources
*
*
* For more information, see the following:
*
*
*
* -
* AWS Security Credentials
* . This topic provides general information about the types of
* credentials used for accessing AWS.
* -
* IAM Best Practices
* . This topic presents a list of suggestions for using the IAM service
* to help secure your AWS resources.
* -
* AWS Security Token Service
* . This guide describes how to create and use temporary security
* credentials.
* -
* Signing AWS API Requests
* . This set of topics walk you through the process of signing a
* request using an access key ID and secret access key.
*
*
*/
package com.amazonaws.services.identitymanagement;