org.apache.tomcat.websocket

Class Authenticator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tomcat.websocket.Authenticator

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicAuthenticator, DigestAuthenticator

public abstract class Authenticator
extends Object

Base class for the authentication methods used by the websocket client.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Authenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract String	getAuthorization(String requestUri, String WWWAuthenticate, Map<String,Object> UserProperties) Generate the authentication header that will be sent to the server.
abstract String	getSchemeName() Get the authentication method.
Map<String,String>	parseWWWAuthenticateHeader(String WWWAuthenticate) Utility method to parse the authentication header.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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