Package org.apache.catalina.authenticator

Class BasicAuthenticator

    • Constructor Detail

      • BasicAuthenticator

        public BasicAuthenticator()

    • Method Detail

      • getCharset

        public java.lang.String getCharset()

      • setCharset

        public void setCharset​(java.lang.String charsetString)

      • getTrimCredentials

        public boolean getTrimCredentials()

      • setTrimCredentials

        public void setTrimCredentials​(boolean trimCredentials)

      • doAuthenticate

        protected boolean doAuthenticate​(Request request,
                                 HttpServletResponse response)
                          throws java.io.IOException
        Description copied from class: AuthenticatorBase
        Provided for sub-classes to implement their specific authentication mechanism.
        Specified by:
        doAuthenticate in class AuthenticatorBase
        Parameters:
        request - The request that triggered the authentication
        response - The response associated with the request
        Returns:
        true if the the user was authenticated, otherwise false, in which case an authentication challenge will have been written to the response
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If an I/O problem occurred during the authentication process

      • getAuthMethod

        protected java.lang.String getAuthMethod()
        Description copied from class: AuthenticatorBase
        Return the authentication method, which is vendor-specific and not defined by HttpServletRequest.
        Specified by:
        getAuthMethod in class AuthenticatorBase
        Returns:
        the authentication method, which is vendor-specific and not defined by HttpServletRequest.

      • isPreemptiveAuthPossible

        protected boolean isPreemptiveAuthPossible​(Request request)
        Description copied from class: AuthenticatorBase
        Can the authenticator perform preemptive authentication for the given request?
        Overrides:
        isPreemptiveAuthPossible in class AuthenticatorBase
        Parameters:
        request - The request to check for credentials
        Returns:
        true if preemptive authentication is possible, otherwise false