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package org.springframework.security.oauth2.jwt;
/**
* Implementations of this interface are responsible for encoding
* a JSON Web Token (JWT) to it's compact claims representation format.
*
*
* 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 signing a JWS and/or encrypting a JWE.
*
* @author Anoop Garlapati
* @author Joe Grandja
* @since 0.0.1
* @see Jwt
* @see JoseHeader
* @see JwtClaimsSet
* @see JwtDecoder
* @see JSON Web Token (JWT)
* @see JSON Web Signature (JWS)
* @see JSON Web Encryption (JWE)
* @see JWS Compact Serialization
* @see JWE Compact Serialization
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface JwtEncoder {
/**
* Encode the JWT to it's compact claims representation format.
*
* @param headers the JOSE header
* @param claims the JWT Claims Set
* @return a {@link Jwt}
* @throws JwtEncodingException if an error occurs while attempting to encode the JWT
*/
Jwt encode(JoseHeader headers, JwtClaimsSet claims) throws JwtEncodingException;
}