org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth
Class BasicScheme

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthSchemeBase
      org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.RFC2617Scheme
          org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.BasicScheme

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthScheme

public class BasicScheme
extends RFC2617Scheme

Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC 2617.

Constructor Summary

BasicScheme(String challenge)
Constructor for the basic authetication scheme.

Method Summary

String	authenticate(Credentials credentials, String method, String uri) Produces basic authorization string for the given set of Credentials.
static String	authenticate(UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials) Return a basic Authorization header value for the given UsernamePasswordCredentials.
String	getSchemeName() Returns textual designation of the basic authentication scheme.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.RFC2617Scheme

getID, getParameter, getParameters, getRealm

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthSchemeBase

equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicScheme

public BasicScheme(String challenge)
            throws MalformedChallengeException

Constructor for the basic authetication scheme.

Parameters:

challenge - authentication challenge

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - is thrown if the authentication challenge is malformed

Method Detail

getSchemeName

public String getSchemeName()

Returns textual designation of the basic authentication scheme.

Returns:

basic

authenticate

public String authenticate(Credentials credentials,
                           String method,
                           String uri)
                    throws AuthenticationException

Produces basic authorization string for the given set of Credentials.

Parameters:

credentials - The set of credentials to be used for athentication

method - Method name is ignored by the basic authentication scheme

uri - URI is ignored by the basic authentication scheme

Returns:

a basic authorization string

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if authorization string cannot be generated due to an authentication failure

See Also:

HttpMethod.getName(), HttpMethod.getPath()

authenticate

public static String authenticate(UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials)

Return a basic Authorization header value for the given UsernamePasswordCredentials.

Parameters:

credentials - The credentials to encode.

Returns:

a basic authorization string