waffle.servlet.spi

Interface SecurityFilterProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicSecurityFilterProvider, NegotiateSecurityFilterProvider

public interface SecurityFilterProvider

A security filter provider.

Author:

dblock[at]dblock[dot]org

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IWindowsIdentity	doFilter(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Execute filter.
void	initParameter(String parameterName, String parameterValue) Init a parameter.
boolean	isPrincipalException(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Returns true if despite having a principal authentication needs to happen.
boolean	isSecurityPackageSupported(String securityPackage) Tests whether a specific security package is supported.
void	sendUnauthorized(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Add authentication method headers.

Method Detail

sendUnauthorized

void sendUnauthorized(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Add authentication method headers.

Parameters:

response - Http Response

isPrincipalException

boolean isPrincipalException(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Returns true if despite having a principal authentication needs to happen.

Parameters:

request - Http Request

Returns:

True if authentication is required.

doFilter

IWindowsIdentity doFilter(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                        javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                          throws IOException

Execute filter.

Parameters:

request - Http Request

response - Http Response

Returns:

A Windows identity in case authentication completed or NULL if not. Thrown exceptions should be caught and processed as 401 Access Denied.

Throws:

IOException

isSecurityPackageSupported

boolean isSecurityPackageSupported(String securityPackage)

Tests whether a specific security package is supported.

Parameters:

securityPackage - Security package.

Returns:

True if the security package is supported, false otherwise.

initParameter

void initParameter(String parameterName,
                 String parameterValue)

Init a parameter.

Parameters:

parameterName - Parameter name.

parameterValue - Parameter value.