AccessTokenService (OpenAM Server Only 7.3.1 Documentation)

```
public interface AccessTokenService
```
Access token service is responsible for serving up OAuth2 access tokens along with its contextual data, based on the request having been passed. The intent of the service is to expose an API for AM to be able to retrieve access tokens internally. This service assumes the client credentials grant type as it best fits the intent.

Since:

7.0.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AccessTokenResponse`	`handle(AccessTokenRequest request)`	Handles the passed access token request in order to produce an access token response.

- Method Detail
  - handle
```
AccessTokenResponse handle(AccessTokenRequest request)
```
    Handles the passed access token request in order to produce an access token response.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - the access token request
    
    Returns:
    
    the access token response
    
    Throws:
    
    AccessTokenException - on failing to get an access token