associations robustness improvements and documentation updates

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/opkele/consumer.h b/include/opkele/consumer.h
index 042e2d1..b9d1e54 100644
--- a/include/opkele/consumer.h
+++ b/include/opkele/consumer.h
@@ -1,74 +1,91 @@
 #ifndef __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H
 #define __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H
 
 #include <opkele/types.h>
 #include <opkele/extension.h>
 
 /**
  * @file
  * @brief OpenID consumer-side functionality
  */
 
 namespace opkele {
 
     /**
      * implementation of basic consumer functionality
+     *
+     * @note
+     * The consumer uses libcurl internally, which means that if you're using
+     * libopkele in multithreaded environment you should call curl_global_init
+     * yourself before spawning any threads.
      */
     class consumer_t {
 	public:
 
 	    /**
 	     * store association. The function should be overridden in the real
 	     * implementation to provide persistent associations store.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     * @param secret the secret associated with the server and handle
 	     * @param expires_in the number of seconds until the handle is expired
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t store_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle,const secret_t& secret,int expires_in) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve stored association. The function should be overridden
 	     * in the real implementation to provide persistent assocations
 	     * store.
+	     *
+	     * @note
+	     * The user is responsible for handling associations expiry and
+	     * this function should never return an expired or invalidated
+	     * association.
+	     *
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     * @return the autho_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
-	     * @throw failed_lookup in case of error
+	     * @throw failed_lookup if no unexpired association found
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t retrieve_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * invalidate stored association. The function should be overridden
 	     * in the real implementation of the consumer.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     */
 	    virtual void invalidate_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve any unexpired association for the server. If the
 	     * function is not overridden in the real implementation, the new
 	     * association will be established for each request.
+	     *
+	     * @note
+	     * The user is responsible for handling associations and this
+	     * function should never return an expired or invalidated
+	     * association.
+	     *
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
 	     * @throw failed_lookup in case of absence of the handle
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t find_assoc(const string& server);
 
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve the metainformation contained in link tags from the
 	     * page pointed by url. the function may implement caching of the
 	     * information.
 	     * @param url url to harvest for link tags
 	     * @param server reference to the string object where to put
 	     * openid.server value
 	     * @param delegate reference to the string object where to put the
 	     * openid.delegate value (if any)
 	     */
 	    virtual void retrieve_links(const string& url,string& server,string& delegate);
 
 	    /**
 	     * perform the associate request to OpenID server.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t
 	     * object, representing established association
 	     * @throw exception in case of error