cz.msebera.android.httpclient.impl.auth

Class BasicScheme

java.lang.Object

cz.msebera.android.httpclient.impl.auth.AuthSchemeBase

cz.msebera.android.httpclient.impl.auth.RFC2617Scheme

cz.msebera.android.httpclient.impl.auth.BasicScheme

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthScheme, ContextAwareAuthScheme

@NotThreadSafe
public class BasicScheme
extends RFC2617Scheme

Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC 2617.

Since:

4.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BasicScheme()
BasicScheme(ChallengeState challengeState) Deprecated. (4.3) do not use.
BasicScheme(java.nio.charset.Charset credentialsCharset)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Header	authenticate(Credentials credentials, HttpRequest request) Deprecated. (4.2) Use ContextAwareAuthScheme.authenticate( Credentials, HttpRequest, cz.msebera.android.httpclient.protocol.HttpContext)
Header	authenticate(Credentials credentials, HttpRequest request, HttpContext context) Produces basic authorization header for the given set of Credentials.
static Header	authenticate(Credentials credentials, java.lang.String charset, boolean proxy) Deprecated. (4.3) use authenticate(Credentials, HttpRequest, HttpContext).
java.lang.String	getSchemeName() Returns textual designation of the basic authentication scheme.
boolean	isComplete() Tests if the Basic authentication process has been completed.
boolean	isConnectionBased() Returns false.
void	processChallenge(Header header) Processes the Basic challenge.

Methods inherited from class cz.msebera.android.httpclient.impl.auth.RFC2617Scheme

getCredentialsCharset, getParameter, getParameters, getRealm, parseChallenge

Methods inherited from class cz.msebera.android.httpclient.impl.auth.AuthSchemeBase

getChallengeState, isProxy, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicScheme

public BasicScheme(java.nio.charset.Charset credentialsCharset)

Since:

4.3

BasicScheme

@Deprecated
public BasicScheme(ChallengeState challengeState)

Deprecated. (4.3) do not use.

Creates an instance of BasicScheme with the given challenge state.

Since:

4.2

BasicScheme

public BasicScheme()

Method Detail

getSchemeName

public java.lang.String getSchemeName()

Returns textual designation of the basic authentication scheme.

Returns:

basic

processChallenge

public void processChallenge(Header header)
                      throws MalformedChallengeException

Processes the Basic challenge.

Specified by:

processChallenge in interface AuthScheme

Overrides:

processChallenge in class AuthSchemeBase

Parameters:

header - the challenge header

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - is thrown if the authentication challenge is malformed

isComplete

public boolean isComplete()

Tests if the Basic authentication process has been completed.

Returns:

true if Basic authorization has been processed, false otherwise.

isConnectionBased

public boolean isConnectionBased()

Returns false. Basic authentication scheme is request based.

Returns:

false.

authenticate

@Deprecated
public Header authenticate(Credentials credentials,
                                       HttpRequest request)
                                throws AuthenticationException

Deprecated. (4.2) Use ContextAwareAuthScheme.authenticate( Credentials, HttpRequest, cz.msebera.android.httpclient.protocol.HttpContext)

Description copied from interface: AuthScheme

Produces an authorization string for the given set of Credentials.

Parameters:

credentials - The set of credentials to be used for athentication

request - The request being authenticated

Returns:

the authorization string

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if authorization string cannot be generated due to an authentication failure

authenticate

public Header authenticate(Credentials credentials,
                           HttpRequest request,
                           HttpContext context)
                    throws AuthenticationException

Produces basic authorization header for the given set of Credentials.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface ContextAwareAuthScheme

Overrides:

authenticate in class AuthSchemeBase

Parameters:

credentials - The set of credentials to be used for authentication

request - The request being authenticated

context - HTTP context

Returns:

a basic authorization string

Throws:

InvalidCredentialsException - if authentication credentials are not valid or not applicable for this authentication scheme

AuthenticationException - if authorization string cannot be generated due to an authentication failure

authenticate

@Deprecated
public static Header authenticate(Credentials credentials,
                                              java.lang.String charset,
                                              boolean proxy)

Deprecated. (4.3) use authenticate(Credentials, HttpRequest, HttpContext).

Returns a basic Authorization header value for the given Credentials and charset.

Parameters:

credentials - The credentials to encode.

charset - The charset to use for encoding the credentials

Returns:

a basic authorization header