org.exist.http.servlets
Interface Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicAuthenticator, DigestAuthenticator

public interface Authenticator

Interface for HTTP authentication methods.

Author:

wolf

Method Summary

User	authenticate(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) Try to authenticate the user specified in the HTTP request.
void	sendChallenge(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) Send an WWW-Authenticate header back to client.

Method Detail

authenticate

User authenticate(HttpServletRequest request,
                  HttpServletResponse response)
                  throws IOException

Try to authenticate the user specified in the HTTP request.

Parameters:

request -

response -

Returns:

The authenticated user or null if the user isn't autenticated

Throws:

IOException

sendChallenge

void sendChallenge(HttpServletRequest request,
                   HttpServletResponse response)
                   throws IOException

Send an WWW-Authenticate header back to client.

Parameters:

request -

response -

Throws:

IOException