org.mortbay.http
Class BasicAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.mortbay.http.BasicAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

SecurityConstraint.Authenticator, java.io.Serializable

public class BasicAuthenticator

extends java.lang.Object

implements SecurityConstraint.Authenticator

BASIC authentication.

Version:

$Id: BasicAuthenticator.java,v 1.8 2002/12/14 13:02:49 bretts Exp $

Author:

Greg Wilkins (gregw)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BasicAuthenticator()

Method Summary

UserPrincipal	authenticated(UserRealm realm, java.lang.String pathInContext, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response) Authenticate.
java.lang.String	getAuthMethod()
void	sendChallenge(UserRealm realm, HttpResponse response)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicAuthenticator

public BasicAuthenticator()

Method Detail

authenticated

public UserPrincipal authenticated(UserRealm realm,
                                   java.lang.String pathInContext,
                                   HttpRequest request,
                                   HttpResponse response)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: SecurityConstraint.Authenticator

Authenticate.

Specified by:

authenticated in interface SecurityConstraint.Authenticator

Returns:

UserPrinciple if authenticated or null if not. If Authentication fails, then the authenticator may have committed the response as an auth challenge or redirect.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getAuthMethod

public java.lang.String getAuthMethod()

Specified by:

getAuthMethod in interface SecurityConstraint.Authenticator

sendChallenge

public void sendChallenge(UserRealm realm,
                          HttpResponse response)
                   throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException