Package org.apache.catalina.authenticator

Class BasicAuthenticator.BasicCredentials

  • Enclosing class:
    BasicAuthenticator
    public static class BasicAuthenticator.BasicCredentials
extends java.lang.Object
    Parser for an HTTP Authorization header for BASIC authentication as per RFC 2617 section 2, and the Base64 encoded credentials as per RFC 2045 section 6.8.

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      BasicCredentials​(ByteChunk input, java.nio.charset.Charset charset, boolean trimCredentials)
      Parse the HTTP Authorization header for BASIC authentication as per RFC 2617 section 2, and the Base64 encoded credentials as per RFC 2045 section 6.8.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.String getPassword()
      Trivial accessor.
      java.lang.String getUsername()
      Trivial accessor.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Constructor Detail

      • BasicCredentials

        public BasicCredentials​(ByteChunk input,
                        java.nio.charset.Charset charset,
                        boolean trimCredentials)
                 throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        Parse the HTTP Authorization header for BASIC authentication as per RFC 2617 section 2, and the Base64 encoded credentials as per RFC 2045 section 6.8.
        Parameters:
        input - The header value to parse in-place
        charset - The character set to use to convert the bytes to a string
        trimCredentials - Should leading and trailing whitespace be removed from the parsed credentials
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the header does not conform to RFC 2617

    • Method Detail

      • getUsername

        public java.lang.String getUsername()
        Trivial accessor.
        Returns:
        the decoded username token as a String, which is never be null, but can be empty.

      • getPassword

        public java.lang.String getPassword()
        Trivial accessor.
        Returns:
        the decoded password token as a String, or null if no password was found in the credentials.