org.apache.catalina.authenticator

Class NonLoginAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

org.apache.catalina.authenticator.NonLoginAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator, Contained, Lifecycle, Valve, GlassFishValve

public final class NonLoginAuthenticator
extends AuthenticatorBase

An Authenticator and Valve implementation that checks only security constraints not involving user authentication.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2007/03/05 20:42:26 $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

alwaysUseSession, AUTH_HEADER_NAME, cache, changeSessionIdOnAuthentication, context, disableProxyCaching, entropy, log, random, randomClass, rb, REALM_NAME, securePagesWithPragma, SESSION_ID_BYTES, sso

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

container, controller, debug, domain, lifecycle, next, oname, started

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle

AFTER_START_EVENT, AFTER_STOP_EVENT, BEFORE_START_EVENT, BEFORE_STOP_EVENT, INIT_EVENT, START_EVENT, STOP_EVENT

Fields inherited from interface org.glassfish.web.valve.GlassFishValve

END_PIPELINE, INVOKE_NEXT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NonLoginAuthenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authenticate(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, LoginConfig config) Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified login configuration.
protected String	getAuthMethod() Return the authentication method, which is vendor-specific and not defined by HttpServletRequest.
String	getInfo() Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

associate, doLogin, generateSessionId, getAlwaysUseSession, getCache, getContainer, getDebug, getDisableProxyCaching, getEntropy, getRandom, getRandomClass, getRealmName, getSession, getSession, getSingleSignOn, invoke, isChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication, isSecurePagesWithPragma, log, log, login, logout, postInvoke, register, setAlwaysUseSession, setCache, setChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication, setContainer, setDebug, setDisableProxyCaching, setEntropy, setRandomClass, setRealmName, setSecurePagesWithPragma, setSingleSignOn, start, stop

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

addLifecycleListener, backgroundProcess, createObjectName, event, findLifecycleListeners, getController, getDomain, getNext, getObjectName, getParentName, invoke, isStarted, removeLifecycleListener, setController, setNext, setObjectName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NonLoginAuthenticator

public NonLoginAuthenticator()

Method Detail

getInfo

public String getInfo()

Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Specified by:

getInfo in interface Valve

Specified by:

getInfo in interface GlassFishValve

Overrides:

getInfo in class AuthenticatorBase

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(HttpRequest request,
                            HttpResponse response,
                            LoginConfig config)
                     throws IOException

Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified login configuration. Return true if any specified constraint has been satisfied, or false if we have created a response challenge already.

Specified by:

authenticate in class AuthenticatorBase

Parameters:

request - Request we are processing

response - Response we are creating

config - Login configuration describing how authentication should be performed

Throws:

IOException - if an input/output error occurs

getAuthMethod

protected String getAuthMethod()

Return the authentication method, which is vendor-specific and not defined by HttpServletRequest.

Specified by:

getAuthMethod in class AuthenticatorBase