com.evermind.server.http
Interface HttpAuthenticator

public interface HttpAuthenticator

A HttpAuthenticator handles the authorization protocol of the incoming requests and supplies a way of authenticating the user making the request.

Method Summary

java.net.PasswordAuthentication	getAuthentication(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Identifies the user associated with this request (if any) and returns it's username, null if no user is associated with the request.
java.lang.String	getAuthType() Returns the authorization-type of this Authenticator. (ie "Basic", "Form", ...)
void	reject(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Reject the outgoing response since the authentication has failed.

Method Detail

getAuthType

public java.lang.String getAuthType()

Returns the authorization-type of this Authenticator. (ie "Basic", "Form", ...)

getAuthentication

public java.net.PasswordAuthentication getAuthentication(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Identifies the user associated with this request (if any) and returns it's username, null if no user is associated with the request.

Parameters:

request - The request for which to establish the user identity

Returns:

The username of the user making the request or null if no user is associated with the request.

reject

public void reject(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                   javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
            throws java.io.IOException,
                   javax.servlet.ServletException

Reject the outgoing response since the authentication has failed.