com.ibm.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol.https
Interface HttpAuthenticator
- public interface HttpAuthenticator
An interface for all objects that implement HTTP authentication.
See the HTTP spec for details on how this works in general.
A single class or object can implement an arbitrary number of
authentication schemes.
- Author:
- David Brown
use java.net.Authenticator instead
- See Also:
Authenticator
Method Summary |
java.lang.String |
authString(java.net.URL u,
java.lang.String scheme,
java.lang.String realm)
Returns the String that should be included in the HTTP
Authorization field. |
boolean |
schemeSupported(java.lang.String scheme)
Indicate whether the specified authentication scheme is
supported. |
schemeSupported
public boolean schemeSupported(java.lang.String scheme)
- Indicate whether the specified authentication scheme is
supported. In accordance with HTTP specifications, the
scheme name should be checked in a case-insensitive fashion.
authString
public java.lang.String authString(java.net.URL u,
java.lang.String scheme,
java.lang.String realm)
- Returns the String that should be included in the HTTP
Authorization field. Return null if no info was
supplied or could be found.
Example:
--> GET http://www.authorization-required.com/ HTTP/1.0
<-- HTTP/1.0 403 Unauthorized
<-- WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="WallyWorld"
call schemeSupported("Basic"); (return true)
call authString(u, "Basic", "WallyWorld", null);
return "QWadhgWERghghWERfdfQ=="
--> GET http://www.authorization-required.com/ HTTP/1.0
--> Authorization: Basic QWadhgWERghghWERfdfQ==
<-- HTTP/1.0 200 OK
YAY!!!