org.restlet.engine.security
Class HttpBasicHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.restlet.engine.Helper
      org.restlet.engine.security.AuthenticatorHelper
          org.restlet.engine.security.HttpBasicHelper

public class HttpBasicHelper
extends AuthenticatorHelper

Implements the HTTP BASIC authentication.

Author:

Jerome Louvel

Constructor Summary

HttpBasicHelper()
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	formatRequest(ChallengeWriter cw, ChallengeRequest challenge, Response response, Series<Header> httpHeaders) Formats a challenge request as raw credentials.
void	formatResponse(ChallengeWriter cw, ChallengeResponse challenge, Request request, Series<Header> httpHeaders) Formats a challenge response as raw credentials.
void	parseRequest(ChallengeRequest challenge, Response response, Series<Header> httpHeaders) Parses an authenticate header into a challenge request.
void	parseResponse(ChallengeResponse challenge, Request request, Series<Header> httpHeaders) Parses an authorization header into a challenge response.

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.engine.security.AuthenticatorHelper

getChallengeScheme, getLogger, isClientSide, isServerSide, setChallengeScheme, setClientSide, setServerSide, updateReference

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpBasicHelper

public HttpBasicHelper()

Constructor.

Method Detail

formatRequest

public void formatRequest(ChallengeWriter cw,
                          ChallengeRequest challenge,
                          Response response,
                          Series<Header> httpHeaders)
                   throws IOException

Description copied from class: AuthenticatorHelper

Formats a challenge request as raw credentials.

Overrides:

formatRequest in class AuthenticatorHelper

Parameters:

cw - The header writer to update.

challenge - The challenge request to format.

response - The parent response.

httpHeaders - The current request HTTP headers.

Throws:

IOException

formatResponse

public void formatResponse(ChallengeWriter cw,
                           ChallengeResponse challenge,
                           Request request,
                           Series<Header> httpHeaders)

Description copied from class: AuthenticatorHelper

Formats a challenge response as raw credentials.

Overrides:

formatResponse in class AuthenticatorHelper

Parameters:

cw - The header writer to update.

challenge - The challenge response to format.

request - The parent request.

httpHeaders - The current request HTTP headers.

parseRequest

public void parseRequest(ChallengeRequest challenge,
                         Response response,
                         Series<Header> httpHeaders)

Description copied from class: AuthenticatorHelper

Parses an authenticate header into a challenge request. The header is HeaderConstants.HEADER_WWW_AUTHENTICATE.

Overrides:

parseRequest in class AuthenticatorHelper

Parameters:

challenge - The challenge request to update.

response - The parent response.

httpHeaders - The current response HTTP headers.

parseResponse

public void parseResponse(ChallengeResponse challenge,
                          Request request,
                          Series<Header> httpHeaders)

Description copied from class: AuthenticatorHelper

Parses an authorization header into a challenge response. The header is HeaderConstants.HEADER_AUTHORIZATION.

Overrides:

parseResponse in class AuthenticatorHelper

Parameters:

challenge - The challenge response to update.

request - The parent request.

httpHeaders - The current request HTTP headers.