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
@@ -4,59 +4,76 @@
 #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