question: @ Override public Token generatePersonalAccessToken ( final URI targetUri , final Token accessToken , final VsoTokenScope tokenScope , final boolean requireCompactToken ) { Debug . Assert ( targetUri != null , "The targetUri parameter is null" ) ; Debug . Assert ( accessToken != null && ! StringHelper . isNullOrWhiteSpace ( accessToken . Value ) && ( accessToken . Type == TokenType . Access || accessToken . Type == TokenType . Federated ) , "The accessToken parameter is null or invalid" ) ; Debug . Assert ( tokenScope != null , "The tokenScope parameter is invalid" ) ; Trace . writeLine ( "VsoAzureAuthority::generatePersonalAccessToken" ) ; try { final HttpClient client = new HttpClient ( Global . getUserAgent ( ) ) ; Trace . writeLine ( "   using token to acquire personal access token" ) ; accessToken . contributeHeader ( client . Headers ) ; if ( populateTokenTargetId ( targetUri , accessToken ) ) { final URI requestUrl = createPersonalAccessTokenRequestUri ( client , targetUri , requireCompactToken ) ; final StringContent content = getAccessTokenRequestBody ( targetUri , accessToken , tokenScope ) ; final HttpURLConnection response = client . post ( requestUrl , content ) ; if ( response . getResponseCode ( ) == HttpURLConnection . HTTP_OK ) { final String responseText = HttpClient . readToString ( response ) ; final Token token = parsePersonalAccessTokenFromJson ( responseText ) ; if ( token != null ) { Trace . writeLine ( "   personal access token acquisition succeeded." ) ; } return token ; } } } catch ( final IOException e ) { throw new Error ( e ) ; } return null ; }
target:  Generates a personal access token for use with Visual Studio Online.