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Java implementation of JSON Web Token (JWT)
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package com.auth0.jwt;

import com.auth0.jwt.algorithms.Algorithm;
import com.auth0.jwt.exceptions.JWTDecodeException;
import com.auth0.jwt.impl.JWTParser;
import com.auth0.jwt.interfaces.DecodedJWT;
import com.auth0.jwt.interfaces.Verification;

@SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
public class JWT {

    private final JWTParser parser;

    /**
     * Constructs a new instance of the JWT library. Use this if you need to decode many JWT
     * tokens on the fly and do not wish to instantiate a new parser for each invocation.
     */
    public JWT() {
        parser = new JWTParser();
    }

    /**
     * Decode a given Json Web Token.
     * 
     * Note that this method doesn't verify the token's signature! Use it only if you trust the token or you already verified it.
     *
     * @param token with jwt format as string.
     * @return a decoded JWT.
     * @throws JWTDecodeException if any part of the token contained an invalid jwt or JSON format of each of the jwt parts.
     */
    public DecodedJWT decodeJwt(String token) throws JWTDecodeException {
        return new JWTDecoder(parser, token);
    }

    /**
     * Decode a given Json Web Token.
     * 
     * Note that this method doesn't verify the token's signature! Use it only if you trust the token or you already verified it.
     *
     * @param token with jwt format as string.
     * @return a decoded JWT.
     * @throws JWTDecodeException if any part of the token contained an invalid jwt or JSON format of each of the jwt parts.
     */
    public static DecodedJWT decode(String token) throws JWTDecodeException {
        return new JWTDecoder(token);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link JWTVerifier} builder with the algorithm to be used to validate token signature.
     *
     * @param algorithm that will be used to verify the token's signature.
     * @return {@link JWTVerifier} builder
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the provided algorithm is null.
     */
    public static Verification require(Algorithm algorithm) {
        return JWTVerifier.init(algorithm);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a Json Web Token builder used to create and sign tokens
     *
     * @return a token builder.
     */
    public static JWTCreator.Builder create() {
        return JWTCreator.init();
    }
}