org.apache.catalina.authenticator
Class NonLoginAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
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        +--org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase
              |
              +--org.apache.catalina.authenticator.NonLoginAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator, Contained, Lifecycle, Valve

public final class NonLoginAuthenticator

extends AuthenticatorBase

An Authenticator and Valve implementation that checks only security constraints not involving user authentication.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2001/07/22 20:09:19 $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

algorithm, cache, context, debug, DEFAULT_ALGORITHM, digest, entropy, info, lifecycle, random, randomClass, SESSION_ID_BYTES, sm, sso, started

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

container

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle

START_EVENT, STOP_EVENT

Constructor Summary

NonLoginAuthenticator()

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, LoginConfig config) Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified login configuration.
java.lang.String	getInfo() Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

accessControl, addLifecycleListener, associate, checkUserData, findConstraint, generateSessionId, getAlgorithm, getCache, getContainer, getDebug, getDigest, getEntropy, getRandom, getRandomClass, getSession, getSession, invoke, log, log, register, removeLifecycleListener, setAlgorithm, setCache, setContainer, setDebug, setEntropy, setRandomClass, start, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NonLoginAuthenticator

public NonLoginAuthenticator()

Method Detail

getInfo

public java.lang.String getInfo()

Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Specified by:

getInfo in interface Valve

Overrides:

getInfo in class AuthenticatorBase

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(HttpRequest request,
                            HttpResponse response,
                            LoginConfig config)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified login configuration. Return true if any specified constraint has been satisfied, or false if we have created a response challenge already.

Specified by:

authenticate in class AuthenticatorBase

Parameters:

request - Request we are processing

response - Response we are creating

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs