org.jasig.cas.authentication.handler.support

Class HttpBasedServiceCredentialsAuthenticationHandler

java.lang.Object

org.jasig.cas.authentication.handler.support.HttpBasedServiceCredentialsAuthenticationHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthenticationHandler

public final class HttpBasedServiceCredentialsAuthenticationHandler
extends Object
implements AuthenticationHandler

Class to validate the credentials presented by communicating with the web server and checking the certificate that is returned against the hostname, etc.

This class is concerned with ensuring that the protocol is HTTPS and that a response is returned. The SSL handshake that occurs automatically by opening a connection does the heavy process of authenticating.

Since:

3.0

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Scott Battaglia

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HttpBasedServiceCredentialsAuthenticationHandler()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authenticate(Credentials credentials) Method to determine if the credentials supplied are valid.
void	setHttpClient(HttpClient httpClient) Sets the HttpClient which will do all of the connection stuff.
void	setRequireSecure(boolean requireSecure) Set whether a secure url is required or not.
boolean	supports(Credentials credentials) Method to check if the handler knows how to handle the credentials provided.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpBasedServiceCredentialsAuthenticationHandler

public HttpBasedServiceCredentialsAuthenticationHandler()

Method Detail

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(Credentials credentials)

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationHandler

Method to determine if the credentials supplied are valid.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthenticationHandler

Parameters:

credentials - The credentials to validate.

Returns:

true if valid, return false otherwise.

supports

public boolean supports(Credentials credentials)

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationHandler

Method to check if the handler knows how to handle the credentials provided. It may be a simple check of the Credentials class or something more complicated such as scanning the information contained in the Credentials object.

Specified by:

supports in interface AuthenticationHandler

Parameters:

credentials - The credentials to check.

Returns:

true if the credentials provided are not null and the credentials are a subclass of (or equal to) HttpBasedServiceCredentials.

setHttpClient

public void setHttpClient(HttpClient httpClient)

Sets the HttpClient which will do all of the connection stuff.

setRequireSecure

public void setRequireSecure(boolean requireSecure)

Set whether a secure url is required or not.

Parameters:

requireSecure - true if its required, false if not. Default is true.