Package org.eclipse.jetty.security.authentication

Class BasicAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jetty.security.authentication.LoginAuthenticator

org.eclipse.jetty.security.authentication.BasicAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator

public class BasicAuthenticator
extends LoginAuthenticator

Version:

$Rev: 4793 $ $Date: 2009-03-19 00:00:01 +0100 (Thu, 19 Mar 2009) $

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.eclipse.jetty.security.Authenticator

Authenticator.AuthConfiguration, Authenticator.Factory

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jetty.security.authentication.LoginAuthenticator

_identityService, _loginService

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BasicAuthenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	getAuthMethod()
boolean	secureResponse(javax.servlet.ServletRequest req, javax.servlet.ServletResponse res, boolean mandatory, Authentication.User validatedUser)	is response secure
Authentication	validateRequest(javax.servlet.ServletRequest req, javax.servlet.ServletResponse res, boolean mandatory)	Validate a request

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jetty.security.authentication.LoginAuthenticator

getLoginService, login, prepareRequest, renewSession, setConfiguration

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicAuthenticator

public BasicAuthenticator()

Method Detail

getAuthMethod

public java.lang.String getAuthMethod()

Returns:

The name of the authentication method

See Also:

Authenticator.getAuthMethod()

validateRequest

public Authentication validateRequest(javax.servlet.ServletRequest req,
                                      javax.servlet.ServletResponse res,
                                      boolean mandatory)
                               throws ServerAuthException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Validate a request

Parameters:

req - The request

res - The response

mandatory - True if authentication is mandatory.

Returns:

An Authentication. If Authentication is successful, this will be a Authentication.User. If a response has been sent by the Authenticator (which can be done for both successful and unsuccessful authentications), then the result will implement Authentication.ResponseSent. If Authentication is not manditory, then a Authentication.Deferred may be returned.

Throws:

ServerAuthException - if unable to validate request

See Also:

Authenticator.validateRequest(javax.servlet.ServletRequest, javax.servlet.ServletResponse, boolean)

secureResponse

public boolean secureResponse(javax.servlet.ServletRequest req,
                              javax.servlet.ServletResponse res,
                              boolean mandatory,
                              Authentication.User validatedUser)
                       throws ServerAuthException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

is response secure

Parameters:

req - the request

res - the response

mandatory - if security is mandator

validatedUser - the user that was validated

Returns:

true if response is secure

Throws:

ServerAuthException - if unable to test response