Constructor Detail

• Authenticator

  public Authenticator()

Method Detail

• getAuthorization

  public abstract String getAuthorization(String requestUri,
                        String WWWAuthenticate,
                        Map<String,Object> UserProperties)
                                   throws AuthenticationException

  Generate the authentication header that will be sent to the server.

  Parameters:

  requestUri - The request URI

  WWWAuthenticate - The server auth challenge

  UserProperties - The user information

  Returns:

  The auth header

  Throws:

  AuthenticationException - When an error occurs

• getSchemeName

  public abstract String getSchemeName()

  Get the authentication method.

  Returns:

  the auth scheme

• parseWWWAuthenticateHeader

  public Map<String,String> parseWWWAuthenticateHeader(String WWWAuthenticate)

  Utility method to parse the authentication header.

  Parameters:

  WWWAuthenticate - The server auth challenge

  Returns:

  the parsed header