org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth
Class AuthPolicy

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthPolicy

public abstract class AuthPolicy
extends Object

Authentication policy class. The Authentication policy provides corresponding authentication scheme interfrace for a given type of authorization challenge.

The following specifications are provided:

Since:
3.0
Version:
$Revision$
Author:
Oleg Kalnichevski

Field Summary
static String AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY
          The key used to look up the list of IDs of supported authentication schemes in their order of preference.
static String BASIC
          Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC2617 (considered inherently insecure, but most widely supported)
static String DIGEST
          Digest authentication scheme as defined in RFC2617.
protected static Log LOG
          Log object.
static String NTLM
          The NTLM scheme is a proprietary Microsoft Windows Authentication protocol (considered to be the most secure among currently supported authentication schemes).
 
Constructor Summary
AuthPolicy()
           
 
Method Summary
static AuthScheme getAuthScheme(String id)
          Gets the authentication scheme with the given ID.
static List getDefaultAuthPrefs()
          Returns a list containing all registered authentication schemes in their default order.
static void registerAuthScheme(String id, Class clazz)
          Registers a class implementing an authentication scheme with the given identifier.
static void unregisterAuthScheme(String id)
          Unregisters the class implementing an authentication scheme with the given ID.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY

public static final String AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY
The key used to look up the list of IDs of supported authentication schemes in their order of preference. The scheme IDs are stored in a Collection as Strings.

If several schemes are returned in the WWW-Authenticate or Proxy-Authenticate header, this parameter defines which authentication schemes takes precedence over others. The first item in the collection represents the most preferred authentication scheme, the last item represents the ID of the least preferred one.

See Also:
DefaultHttpParams, Constant Field Values

NTLM

public static final String NTLM
The NTLM scheme is a proprietary Microsoft Windows Authentication protocol (considered to be the most secure among currently supported authentication schemes).

See Also:
Constant Field Values

DIGEST

public static final String DIGEST
Digest authentication scheme as defined in RFC2617.

See Also:
Constant Field Values

BASIC

public static final String BASIC
Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC2617 (considered inherently insecure, but most widely supported)

See Also:
Constant Field Values

LOG

protected static final Log LOG
Log object.

Constructor Detail

AuthPolicy

public AuthPolicy()
Method Detail

registerAuthScheme

public static void registerAuthScheme(String id,
                                      Class clazz)
Registers a class implementing an authentication scheme with the given identifier. If a class with the given ID already exists it will be overridden. This ID is the same one used to retrieve the authentication scheme from getAuthScheme(String).

Please note that custom authentication preferences, if used, need to be updated accordingly for the new authentication scheme to take effect.

Parameters:
id - the identifier for this scheme
clazz - the class to register
See Also:
getAuthScheme(String), AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY

unregisterAuthScheme

public static void unregisterAuthScheme(String id)
Unregisters the class implementing an authentication scheme with the given ID.

Parameters:
id - the ID of the class to unregister

getAuthScheme

public static AuthScheme getAuthScheme(String id)
                                throws IllegalStateException
Gets the authentication scheme with the given ID.

Parameters:
id - the authentication scheme ID
Returns:
authentication scheme
Throws:
IllegalStateException - if a scheme with the ID cannot be found

getDefaultAuthPrefs

public static List getDefaultAuthPrefs()
Returns a list containing all registered authentication schemes in their default order.

Returns:
authentication scheme


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