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RefreshTokenService interface

The token refresh service. An access token expires in limited time. Therefore token refresh service is needed to keep replacing the old access token with a new one periodically.

Signature:

export interface RefreshTokenService

Methods

Method Description

generateToken(userProfile, token)

Generate a refresh token, bind it with the given user profile + access token, then store them in backend.

refreshToken(refreshToken)

Refresh the access token bound with the given refresh token.