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1   /*
2    Copyright (C) 2008 Grid Systems, S.A. and University of Southampton IT Innovation Centre
3   
4    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
8   
9    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
12   Lesser General Public License for more details.
13  
14   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
16   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
17  */
18  package nextgrid.api.env;
19  
20  import java.io.Serializable;
21  
22  import org.w3c.dom.Element;
23  
24  /**
25   *
26   * @author Nikolaos Matskanis
27   */
28  public interface STSModule extends Serializable {
29  
30    /**
31     * Set the group service EPR whose token is required.
32     *
33     * @param groupServiceEPR the EPR of the membership group service
34     */
35    void setMembershipGroup(String groupServiceEPR);
36  
37    /**
38     * Makes a request to a security token service.
39     * The security  token represents the project that the workflow belongs.
40     *
41     * @return A security token as an XML DOM element
42     * @throws STSFailureException If an error occurs
43     */
44    Element requestSecurityToken() throws STSFailureException;
45  
46  }