org.exist.http.servlets
Class DigestAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  org.exist.http.servlets.DigestAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator

public class DigestAuthenticator

extends java.lang.Object

implements Authenticator

An Authenticator that uses MD5 Digest Authentication.

Author:

wolf

Constructor Summary

DigestAuthenticator(BrokerPool pool)

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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DigestAuthenticator

public DigestAuthenticator(BrokerPool pool)

Method Detail

authenticate

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

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Try to authenticate the user specified in the HTTP request.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

request -

response -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

sendChallenge

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

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Send an WWW-Authenticate header back to client.

Specified by:

sendChallenge in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

request -

response -

Throws:

java.io.IOException