org.apache.sling.engine.auth

Class AuthenticationInfo

java.lang.Object

org.apache.sling.engine.auth.AuthenticationInfo

Deprecated.

see AuthenticationHandler

public class AuthenticationInfo
extends Object

The AuthenticationInfo defines the data returned from the AuthenticationHandler#authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse) method.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static AuthenticationInfo	DOING_AUTH Deprecated. This object is returned by the AuthenticationHandler#authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse) method to indicate an ongoing authentication transaction.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AuthenticationInfo(String authType, Credentials credentials) Deprecated. Creates an instance of this class with the given authentication type and credentials connecting to the default workspace as if the AuthenticationInfo(String, Credentials, String) method would be called with a null workspace name.
AuthenticationInfo(String authType, Credentials credentials, String workspaceName) Deprecated. Creates an instance of this class with the given authentication type and credentials.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAuthType() Deprecated. Returns type of authentication provisioning.
Credentials	getCredentials() Deprecated. Returns the credentials extracted from the client request to use for authentication.
String	getWorkspaceName() Deprecated. Returns the name of the workspace the user contained in this instance wishes to connect to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DOING_AUTH

public static final AuthenticationInfo DOING_AUTH

Deprecated.

This object is returned by the AuthenticationHandler#authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse) method to indicate an ongoing authentication transaction.

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationInfo

public AuthenticationInfo(String authType,
                  Credentials credentials)

Deprecated.

Creates an instance of this class with the given authentication type and credentials connecting to the default workspace as if the AuthenticationInfo(String, Credentials, String) method would be called with a null workspace name.

Parameters:

authType - The authentication type, must not be null.

credentials - The credentials, must not be null.

See Also:

getAuthType(), getCredentials()

AuthenticationInfo

public AuthenticationInfo(String authType,
                  Credentials credentials,
                  String workspaceName)

Deprecated.

Creates an instance of this class with the given authentication type and credentials.

Parameters:

authType - The authentication type, must not be null.

credentials - The credentials, must not be null.

workspaceName - The name of the workspace to connect to, may be null to connect to the default workspace.

See Also:

getAuthType(), getCredentials()

Method Detail

getAuthType

public String getAuthType()

Deprecated.

Returns type of authentication provisioning.

If authentication is taking place through one of the standard ways, such as Basic or Digest, the return value is one of the predefined constants of the HttpServletRequest interface. Otherwise the value may be specific to the AuthenticationHandler implementation.

getCredentials

public Credentials getCredentials()

Deprecated.

Returns the credentials extracted from the client request to use for authentication.

getWorkspaceName

public String getWorkspaceName()

Deprecated.

Returns the name of the workspace the user contained in this instance wishes to connect to. This may be null, in which case the user is connected to the default workspace.