/**
* Obtains the username/password credentials from the environment
*
* @return
*/
private static UsernamePasswordCredentials getCredentials() {
// Obtain the username and password
final String username = SecurityActions.getEnvironmentVariable(ENV_VAR_NAME_TWITTER_USERNAME);
final String password = SecurityActions.getEnvironmentVariable(ENV_VAR_NAME_TWITTER_PASSWORD);
// Return as unified view
final UsernamePasswordCredentials creds = new UsernamePasswordCredentials();
creds.username = username;
creds.password = password;
return creds;
}
/**
* Obtains a Twitter client for the username and password as specified from the environment. If
* the environment is not fully set up, an {@link IllegalStateException} will be raised noting the
* environment variables expected to be in place. To avoid the ISE first check for the integrity
* of the environment by using {@link
* EnvironmentSpecificTwitterClientUtil#isSupportedEnvironment()}
*
* @throws IllegalStateException If the environment does not support creation of a Twitter client
*/
static Twitter getTwitterClient() throws IllegalStateException {
// Obtain the username and password
final String username = SecurityActions.getEnvironmentVariable(ENV_VAR_NAME_TWITTER_USERNAME);
final String password = SecurityActions.getEnvironmentVariable(ENV_VAR_NAME_TWITTER_PASSWORD);
/*
* We're only supported if both the username and password have been set
*/
if (!isSupportedEnvironment()) {
throw new IllegalStateException(MSG_UNSUPPORTED_ENVIRONMENT);
}
// Get a Twitter client
final Twitter twitterClient = new Twitter(username, password);
// Return
return twitterClient;
}
