org.apache.jackrabbit.server
Interface CredentialsProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicCredentialsProvider

public interface CredentialsProvider

This Interface defines a provider for the credentials.

Method Summary

Credentials

getCredentials(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Extracts the credentials from the given servlet request.

Method Detail

getCredentials

Credentials getCredentials(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
                           throws LoginException,
                                  javax.servlet.ServletException

Extracts the credentials from the given servlet request.

Parameters:

request -

Returns:

the credentials or null

Throws:

LoginException - if the credentials are invalid

javax.servlet.ServletException - if an error occurrs