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

public User authenticate(HttpServletRequest request,
                         HttpServletResponse response)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Try to authenticate the user specified in the HTTP request.

Parameters:

request -

response -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

sendChallenge

public void sendChallenge(HttpServletRequest request,
                          HttpServletResponse response)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Send an WWW-Authenticate header back to client.

Parameters:

request -

response -

Throws:

java.io.IOException