Package edu.internet2.middleware.grouperClientExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth

Class AuthChallengeProcessor

java.lang.Object

edu.internet2.middleware.grouperClientExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthChallengeProcessor

public final class AuthChallengeProcessor
extends Object

This class provides utility methods for processing HTTP www and proxy authentication challenges.

Since:

3.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AuthChallengeProcessor(HttpParams params)	Creates an authentication challenge processor with the given HTTP parameters

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AuthScheme	processChallenge(AuthState state, Map challenges)	Processes the given collection of challenges and updates the state of the authentication process.
AuthScheme	selectAuthScheme(Map challenges)	Determines the preferred authentication scheme that can be used to respond to the given collection of challenges.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AuthChallengeProcessor

public AuthChallengeProcessor(HttpParams params)

Creates an authentication challenge processor with the given HTTP parameters

Parameters:

params - the HTTP parameters used by this processor

Method Details

selectAuthScheme

public AuthScheme selectAuthScheme(Map challenges)
                            throws AuthChallengeException

Determines the preferred authentication scheme that can be used to respond to the given collection of challenges.

Parameters:

challenges - the collection of authentication challenges

Returns:

the preferred authentication scheme

Throws:

AuthChallengeException - if the preferred authentication scheme cannot be determined or is not supported

processChallenge

public AuthScheme processChallenge(AuthState state,
 Map challenges)
                            throws MalformedChallengeException,
AuthenticationException

Processes the given collection of challenges and updates the state of the authentication process.

Parameters:

challenges - the collection of authentication challenges

Returns:

the authentication scheme used to process the challenge

Throws:

AuthChallengeException - if authentication challenges cannot be successfully processed or the preferred authentication scheme cannot be determined

MalformedChallengeException

AuthenticationException