Class HttpAuthenticator


  • public final class HttpAuthenticator
    extends java.lang.Object
    Deprecated.
    no longer used
    Utility methods for HTTP authorization and authentication. This class provides utility methods for generating responses to HTTP www and proxy authentication challenges.
    A client SHOULD assume that all paths at or deeper than the depth of the last symbolic element in the path field of the Request-URI also are within the protection space specified by the basic realm value of the current challenge. A client MAY preemptively send the corresponding Authorization header with requests for resources in that space without receipt of another challenge from the server. Similarly, when a client sends a request to a proxy, it may reuse a userid and password in the Proxy-Authorization header field without receiving another challenge from the proxy server.

    • Field Detail

      • WWW_AUTH

        public static final java.lang.String WWW_AUTH
        Deprecated.
        The www authenticate challange header.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • WWW_AUTH_RESP

        public static final java.lang.String WWW_AUTH_RESP
        Deprecated.
        The www authenticate response header.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • PROXY_AUTH

        public static final java.lang.String PROXY_AUTH
        Deprecated.
        The proxy authenticate challange header.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • PROXY_AUTH_RESP

        public static final java.lang.String PROXY_AUTH_RESP
        Deprecated.
        The proxy authenticate response header.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
    • Constructor Detail

      • HttpAuthenticator

        public HttpAuthenticator()
        Deprecated.
    • Method Detail

      • selectAuthScheme

        public static AuthScheme selectAuthScheme​(Header[] challenges)
                                           throws MalformedChallengeException
        Chooses the strongest authentication scheme supported from the array of authentication challenges. Currently only NTLM, Digest, Basic schemes are recognized. The NTLM scheme is considered the strongest and is preferred to all others. The Digest scheme is preferred to the Basic one which provides no encryption for credentials. The Basic scheme is used only if it is the only one supported.
        Parameters:
        challenges - The array of authentication challenges
        Returns:
        The strongest authentication scheme supported
        Throws:
        MalformedChallengeException - is thrown if an authentication challenge is malformed
        java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - when none of challenge types available is supported.
      • authenticateDefault

        public static boolean authenticateDefault​(HttpMethod method,
                                                  HttpConnection conn,
                                                  HttpState state)
                                           throws AuthenticationException
        Deprecated.
        use AuthScheme
        Attempt to provide default authentication credentials to the given method in the given context using basic authentication scheme.
        Parameters:
        method - the HttpMethod which requires authentication
        conn - the connection to a specific host. This parameter may be null if default credentials (not specific to any particular host) are to be used
        state - the HttpState object providing Credentials
        Returns:
        true if the Authenticate response header was added
        Throws:
        InvalidCredentialsException - if authentication credentials are not valid or not applicable for basic scheme
        AuthenticationException - when a parsing or other error occurs
        See Also:
        HttpState.setCredentials(String,String,Credentials)
      • authenticateProxyDefault

        public static boolean authenticateProxyDefault​(HttpMethod method,
                                                       HttpConnection conn,
                                                       HttpState state)
                                                throws AuthenticationException
        Deprecated.
        use AuthScheme
        Attempt to provide default proxy authentication credentials to the given method in the given context using basic authentication scheme.
        Parameters:
        method - the HttpMethod which requires authentication
        conn - the connection to a specific host. This parameter may be null if default credentials (not specific to any particular host) are to be used
        state - the HttpState object providing Credentials
        Returns:
        true if the Proxy-Authenticate response header was added
        Throws:
        InvalidCredentialsException - if authentication credentials are not valid or not applicable for basic scheme
        AuthenticationException - when a parsing or other error occurs
        See Also:
        HttpState.setCredentials(String,String,Credentials)
      • authenticate

        public static boolean authenticate​(AuthScheme authscheme,
                                           HttpMethod method,
                                           HttpConnection conn,
                                           HttpState state)
                                    throws AuthenticationException
        Deprecated.
        use AuthScheme
        Attempt to provide requisite authentication credentials to the given method in the given context using the given authentication scheme.
        Parameters:
        authscheme - The authentication scheme to be used
        method - The HttpMethod which requires authentication
        conn - the connection to a specific host. This parameter may be null if default credentials (not specific to any particular host) are to be used
        state - The HttpState object providing Credentials
        Returns:
        true if the Authenticate response header was added
        Throws:
        CredentialsNotAvailableException - if authentication credentials required to respond to the authentication challenge are not available
        AuthenticationException - when a parsing or other error occurs
        See Also:
        HttpState.setCredentials(String,String,Credentials)
      • authenticateProxy

        public static boolean authenticateProxy​(AuthScheme authscheme,
                                                HttpMethod method,
                                                HttpConnection conn,
                                                HttpState state)
                                         throws AuthenticationException
        Deprecated.
        use AuthScheme
        Attempt to provide requisite proxy authentication credentials to the given method in the given context using the given authentication scheme.
        Parameters:
        authscheme - The authentication scheme to be used
        method - the HttpMethod which requires authentication
        conn - the connection to a specific host. This parameter may be null if default credentials (not specific to any particular host) are to be used
        state - the HttpState object providing Credentials
        Returns:
        true if the Proxy-Authenticate response header was added
        Throws:
        CredentialsNotAvailableException - if authentication credentials required to respond to the authentication challenge are not available
        AuthenticationException - when a parsing or other error occurs
        See Also:
        HttpState.setCredentials(String,String,Credentials)