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Java library for Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

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/*
 * nimbus-jose-jwt
 *
 * Copyright 2012-2016, Connect2id Ltd.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
 * this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
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 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 */

package com.nimbusds.jose.util;


import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;


/**
 * Retriever of resources specified by URL.
 */
public interface ResourceRetriever {


	/**
	 * Retrieves the resource from the specified HTTP(S) URL.
	 *
	 * @param url The URL of the resource. Its scheme must be HTTP or
	 *            HTTPS. Must not be {@code null}.
	 *
	 * @return The retrieved resource.
	 *
	 * @throws IOException If the HTTP connection to the specified URL
	 *                     failed or the resource couldn't be retrieved.
	 */
	Resource retrieveResource(final URL url)
		throws IOException;
}