org.jose4j.keys.resolvers

Interface DecryptionKeyResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

JwksDecryptionKeyResolver

public interface DecryptionKeyResolver

A callback interface for resolving the key (by looking at headers like "kid", for example) to use to decrypt the JWE.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Key	resolveKey(JsonWebEncryption jwe, List<JsonWebStructure> nestingContext) Choose the key to be used for decryption on the given JWE.

Method Detail

resolveKey

Key resolveKey(JsonWebEncryption jwe,
               List<JsonWebStructure> nestingContext)
        throws UnresolvableKeyException

Choose the key to be used for decryption on the given JWE.

Parameters:

jwe - the JsonWebEncryption that's about to be decrypted

nestingContext - a list of JOSE objects, if any, in which the JWE was nested. The last item in the list is the outer most JOSE object (not including the current JWE).

Returns:

the decryption key

Throws:

UnresolvableKeyException - if no appropriate key can be found