org.apache.cactus.client.authentication
Class BasicAuthentication

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.cactus.client.authentication.AbstractAuthentication
      org.apache.cactus.client.authentication.BasicAuthentication

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authentication

public class BasicAuthentication

extends AbstractAuthentication

Basic Authentication support.

Since:

1.3

Version:

$Id: BasicAuthentication.java,v 1.9 2003/05/26 11:45:26 cmlenz Exp $

Author:

Vincent Massol, Jason Robertson

See Also:

AbstractAuthentication

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.cactus.client.authentication.AbstractAuthentication

name, password

Constructor Summary

BasicAuthentication(java.lang.String theName, java.lang.String thePassword)

Method Summary

void	configure(WebRequest theRequest, Configuration theConfiguration) Modifies the request so that it will carry authentication information.
protected void	validateName(java.lang.String theName) Verify that the user name passed as parameter is a valid user name for the current authentication scheme.
protected void	validatePassword(java.lang.String thePassword) Verify that the user password passed as parameter is a valid user password for the current authentication scheme.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.cactus.client.authentication.AbstractAuthentication

getName, getPassword, setName, setPassword

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicAuthentication

public BasicAuthentication(java.lang.String theName,
                           java.lang.String thePassword)

Parameters:

theName - user name of the Credential

thePassword - user password of the Credential

Method Detail

validateName

protected void validateName(java.lang.String theName)

Description copied from class: AbstractAuthentication

Verify that the user name passed as parameter is a valid user name for the current authentication scheme.

Specified by:

validateName in class AbstractAuthentication

Parameters:

theName - the user name to validate

See Also:

AbstractAuthentication.validateName(String)

validatePassword

protected void validatePassword(java.lang.String thePassword)

Description copied from class: AbstractAuthentication

Verify that the user password passed as parameter is a valid user password for the current authentication scheme.

Specified by:

validatePassword in class AbstractAuthentication

Parameters:

thePassword - the user password to validate

See Also:

AbstractAuthentication.validatePassword(String)

configure

public void configure(WebRequest theRequest,
                      Configuration theConfiguration)

Description copied from interface: Authentication

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

See Also:

Authentication.configure(WebRequest, Configuration)