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Core

This is a http microservice written in Java and is responsible for interfacing with the db and providing a set of APIs (CDI spec) that the backend SDK can use. The primary purpose of this SDK is to:

  • Reading / writing to the db
  • A lot of the "core" logic
    • For example, how the session tokens are created
    • The db query logic to make sure that there are no duplicate userIds being created
    • Cronjobs to remove sessions that have expired.
    • Storing and verifying password hashes (and salt).
  • Provide an in memory db (using SQLite) that implements the plugin interface - so that users can quickly get started without actually connecting it to a db. This also helps with testing.

For the various operations need to interface with the db, and that is done via an interface called the plugin interface.

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