public function validateCredentials(Credentials $credentials)
 {
     // Validate $credentials here, then assign to $claims an array
     // containing the JWT claims to associate with the generated token.
     // EKW: Successful validation assumed
     $tokenId = base64_encode(mcrypt_create_iv(32));
     $issuedAt = time();
     $notBefore = $issuedAt + 10;
     // Adding 10 seconds
     $expire = $notBefore + 864000;
     // Adding 30 days for example
     $serverName = gethostname();
     // Retrieve the server name from config file
     $data = array(Constants::USER_ID => $credentials->getUserId(), Constants::ROLE => $credentials->getRole());
     $claims = array('iat' => $issuedAt, 'jti' => $tokenId, 'iss' => $serverName, 'nbf' => $notBefore, 'exp' => $expire, 'data' => $data);
     return $this->generator->getToken($claims);
 }