Add ignore validation options and static methods for validation of claims independent to token parsing

src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtParser.java

@@ -261,7 +261,36 @@ public interface JwtParser {
      * otherwise.
      */
     boolean isSigned(String jwt);
+
+    /**
+     * Do not validate the {@code exp} claim when parsing the JWT.
+     * <p>
+     * <p>Note that this circumvents security features of JWT.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the parser for method chaining.
+     * @see ExpiredJwtException
+     */
+    JwtParser ignoreExpiry();
 
+    /**
+     * Do not validate the {@code nbf} claim when parsing the JWT.
+     * <p>
+     * <p>Note that this circumvents security features of JWT.</p>
+     * @return the parser for method chaining.
+     * @see PrematureJwtException
+     */
+    JwtParser ignoreNotBefore();
+
+    /**
+     * Do not validate the JWS digital signature.
+     * <p>
+     * <p>Note that this circumvents security features of JWT and JWS.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the parser for method chaining.
+     * @see SignatureException
+     */
+    JwtParser ignoreSignature();
+
     /**
      * Parses the specified compact serialized JWT string based on the builder's current configuration state and
      * returns the resulting JWT or JWS instance.

src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtParts.java

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package io.jsonwebtoken;
+
+/**
+ * Container class which contains encoded header, payload and signature parts of
+ * the token.
+ *
+ * @since 0.8
+ */
+public class JwtParts {
+
+	private String base64UrlEncodedHeader;
+	private String base64UrlEncodedPayload;
+	private String base64UrlEncodedSignature;
+
+	/**
+	 * Get Base64 URL encoded header.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Base64 URL encoded header as String.
+	 */
+	public String getBase64UrlEncodedHeader() {
+		return base64UrlEncodedHeader;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set Base64 URL encoded header.
+	 * 
+	 * @param base64UrlEncodedHeader
+	 *            Base64 URL encoded header as String.
+	 */
+	public void setBase64UrlEncodedHeader(String base64UrlEncodedHeader) {
+		this.base64UrlEncodedHeader = base64UrlEncodedHeader;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get Base64 URL encoded payload.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Base64 URL encoded payload as String.
+	 */
+	public String getBase64UrlEncodedPayload() {
+		return base64UrlEncodedPayload;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set Base64 URL encoded payload.
+	 * 
+	 * @param base64UrlEncodedPayload
+	 *            Base64 URL encoded payload as String.
+	 */
+	public void setBase64UrlEncodedPayload(String base64UrlEncodedPayload) {
+		this.base64UrlEncodedPayload = base64UrlEncodedPayload;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get Base64 URL encoded signature.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Base64 URL encoded signature as String.
+	 */
+	public String getBase64UrlEncodedSignature() {
+		return base64UrlEncodedSignature;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set Base64 URL encoded signature.
+	 * 
+	 * @param base64UrlEncodedSignature
+	 *            Base64 URL encoded signature as String.
+	 */
+	public void setBase64UrlEncodedSignature(String base64UrlEncodedSignature) {
+		this.base64UrlEncodedSignature = base64UrlEncodedSignature;
+	}
+
+}