org.apache.cactus.client.authentication
Interface Authentication

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuthentication

public interface Authentication

Interface for different authentication modules. An authentication class is invoked on the client side to perform the actual authentication, for example by modifying the request to includes credentials.

Since:

1.5

Version:

$Id: Authentication.java,v 1.1 2003/06/15 16:28:00 cmlenz Exp $

Author:

Vincent Massol, Jason Robertson, Christopher Lenz

Method Summary

void	configure(WebRequest theRequest, Configuration theConfiguration) Modifies the request so that it will carry authentication information.

Method Detail

configure

public void configure(WebRequest theRequest,
                      Configuration theConfiguration)

Modifies the request so that it will carry authentication information.

Parameters:

theRequest - The request object that will be sent to the Cactus Redirector over HTTP

theConfiguration - The Cactus configuration so that authentication methods can get access to Cactus configuration properties