org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth
Class AuthChallengeParser

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthChallengeParser

public final class AuthChallengeParser

extends Object

This class provides utility methods for parsing HTTP www and proxy authentication challenges.

Since:

2.0beta1

Author:

Oleg Kalnichevski

Constructor Summary

AuthChallengeParser()

Method Summary

static Map	extractParams(String challengeStr) Extracts a map of challenge parameters from an authentication challenge.
static String	extractScheme(String challengeStr) Extracts authentication scheme from the given authentication challenge.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthChallengeParser

public AuthChallengeParser()

Method Detail

extractScheme

public static String extractScheme(String challengeStr)
                            throws MalformedChallengeException

Extracts authentication scheme from the given authentication challenge.

Parameters:

challengeStr - the authentication challenge string

Returns:

authentication scheme

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - when the authentication challenge string is malformed

Since:

2.0beta1

extractParams

public static Map extractParams(String challengeStr)
                         throws MalformedChallengeException

Extracts a map of challenge parameters from an authentication challenge. Keys in the map are lower-cased

Parameters:

challengeStr - the authentication challenge string

Returns:

a map of authentication challenge parameters

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - when the authentication challenge string is malformed

Since:

2.0beta1