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RegisteredClient

As explained in Spring Security in Action, Second Edition

RegisteredClient is a Spring Security Authorization Server object that describes a client known to an authorization server.

RegisteredClient describes a client known to an authorization server. A RegisteredClientRepository manages these objects, including client credentials and registration details. section 14.1

Registering a client

Create a RegisteredClient with a generated ID, client credentials, CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC authentication, authorization-code support, a redirect URI, and the OPENID scope; return it through a RegisteredClientRepository bean.

How Spring Security in Action, Second Edition covers it

How deep it goes
Defines client identity, authentication, grants, redirect URIs, and scopes through a Java builder configuration.
Examples
Uses an in-memory repository containing a client named client with a secret, authorization-code grant, redirect URI, and OPENID scope.
What it assumes
Assumes standard Spring configuration classes and authorization-server dependencies.
What you can do after
Build it from scratch by configuring a RegisteredClient bean and exposing it through RegisteredClientRepository.
How it connects
Connects RegisteredClientRepository with client authentication, authorization grant types, redirect URIs, and OpenID Connect scopes.
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