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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth;

import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Credentials;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.util.EncodingUtil;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC 2617.

Author:Remy Maucherat, Rodney Waldhoff, Jeff Dever, Ortwin Gl?ck, Sean C. Sullivan, Adrian Sutton, Mike Bowler, Oleg Kalnichevski
/** * <p> * Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC 2617. * </p> * * @author <a href="mailto:remm@apache.org">Remy Maucherat</a> * @author Rodney Waldhoff * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a> * @author Ortwin Gl?ck * @author Sean C. Sullivan * @author <a href="mailto:adrian@ephox.com">Adrian Sutton</a> * @author <a href="mailto:mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com">Mike Bowler</a> * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a> */
public class BasicScheme extends RFC2617Scheme {
Log object for this class.
/** Log object for this class. */
private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(BasicScheme.class);
Whether the basic authentication process is complete
/** Whether the basic authentication process is complete */
private boolean complete;
Default constructor for the basic authetication scheme.
Since:3.0
/** * Default constructor for the basic authetication scheme. * * @since 3.0 */
public BasicScheme() { super(); this.complete = false; }
Constructor for the basic authetication scheme.
Params:
  • challenge – authentication challenge
Throws:
Deprecated:Use parameterless constructor and AuthScheme.processChallenge(String) method
/** * Constructor for the basic authetication scheme. * * @param challenge authentication challenge * * @throws MalformedChallengeException is thrown if the authentication challenge * is malformed * * @deprecated Use parameterless constructor and {@link AuthScheme#processChallenge(String)} * method */
public BasicScheme(final String challenge) throws MalformedChallengeException { super(challenge); this.complete = true; }
Returns textual designation of the basic authentication scheme.
Returns:basic
/** * Returns textual designation of the basic authentication scheme. * * @return <code>basic</code> */
public String getSchemeName() { return "basic"; }
Processes the Basic challenge.
Params:
  • challenge – the challenge string
Throws:
Since:3.0
/** * Processes the Basic challenge. * * @param challenge the challenge string * * @throws MalformedChallengeException is thrown if the authentication challenge * is malformed * * @since 3.0 */
public void processChallenge(String challenge) throws MalformedChallengeException { super.processChallenge(challenge); this.complete = true; }
Tests if the Basic authentication process has been completed.
Returns:true if Basic authorization has been processed, false otherwise.
Since:3.0
/** * Tests if the Basic authentication process has been completed. * * @return <tt>true</tt> if Basic authorization has been processed, * <tt>false</tt> otherwise. * * @since 3.0 */
public boolean isComplete() { return this.complete; }
Produces basic authorization string for the given set of Credentials.
Params:
  • 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
Throws:
Returns:a basic authorization string
Deprecated:Use authenticate(Credentials, HttpMethod)
/** * Produces basic authorization string for the given set of * {@link Credentials}. * * @param credentials The set of credentials to be used for athentication * @param method Method name is ignored by the basic authentication scheme * @param uri URI is ignored by the basic authentication scheme * @throws InvalidCredentialsException if authentication credentials * are not valid or not applicable for this authentication scheme * @throws AuthenticationException if authorization string cannot * be generated due to an authentication failure * * @return a basic authorization string * * @deprecated Use {@link #authenticate(Credentials, HttpMethod)} */
public String authenticate(Credentials credentials, String method, String uri) throws AuthenticationException { LOG.trace("enter BasicScheme.authenticate(Credentials, String, String)"); UsernamePasswordCredentials usernamepassword = null; try { usernamepassword = (UsernamePasswordCredentials) credentials; } catch (ClassCastException e) { throw new InvalidCredentialsException( "Credentials cannot be used for basic authentication: " + credentials.getClass().getName()); } return BasicScheme.authenticate(usernamepassword); }
Returns false. Basic authentication scheme is request based.
Returns:false.
Since:3.0
/** * Returns <tt>false</tt>. Basic authentication scheme is request based. * * @return <tt>false</tt>. * * @since 3.0 */
public boolean isConnectionBased() { return false; }
Produces basic authorization string for the given set of Credentials.
Params:
  • credentials – The set of credentials to be used for athentication
  • method – The method being authenticated
Throws:
Returns:a basic authorization string
Since:3.0
/** * Produces basic authorization string for the given set of {@link Credentials}. * * @param credentials The set of credentials to be used for athentication * @param method The method being authenticated * @throws InvalidCredentialsException if authentication credentials * are not valid or not applicable for this authentication scheme * @throws AuthenticationException if authorization string cannot * be generated due to an authentication failure * * @return a basic authorization string * * @since 3.0 */
public String authenticate(Credentials credentials, HttpMethod method) throws AuthenticationException { LOG.trace("enter BasicScheme.authenticate(Credentials, HttpMethod)"); if (method == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Method may not be null"); } UsernamePasswordCredentials usernamepassword = null; try { usernamepassword = (UsernamePasswordCredentials) credentials; } catch (ClassCastException e) { throw new InvalidCredentialsException( "Credentials cannot be used for basic authentication: " + credentials.getClass().getName()); } return BasicScheme.authenticate( usernamepassword, method.getParams().getCredentialCharset()); }
Params:
  • credentials – The credentials to encode.
Deprecated:Use authenticate(UsernamePasswordCredentials, String) Returns a basic Authorization header value for the given UsernamePasswordCredentials.
Returns:a basic authorization string
/** * @deprecated Use {@link #authenticate(UsernamePasswordCredentials, String)} * * Returns a basic <tt>Authorization</tt> header value for the given * {@link UsernamePasswordCredentials}. * * @param credentials The credentials to encode. * * @return a basic authorization string */
public static String authenticate(UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials) { return authenticate(credentials, "ISO-8859-1"); }
Returns a basic Authorization header value for the given UsernamePasswordCredentials and charset.
Params:
  • credentials – The credentials to encode.
  • charset – The charset to use for encoding the credentials
Returns:a basic authorization string
Since:3.0
/** * Returns a basic <tt>Authorization</tt> header value for the given * {@link UsernamePasswordCredentials} and charset. * * @param credentials The credentials to encode. * @param charset The charset to use for encoding the credentials * * @return a basic authorization string * * @since 3.0 */
public static String authenticate(UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials, String charset) { LOG.trace("enter BasicScheme.authenticate(UsernamePasswordCredentials, String)"); if (credentials == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Credentials may not be null"); } if (charset == null || charset.length() == 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("charset may not be null or empty"); } StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); buffer.append(credentials.getUserName()); buffer.append(":"); buffer.append(credentials.getPassword()); return "Basic " + EncodingUtil.getAsciiString( Base64.encodeBase64(EncodingUtil.getBytes(buffer.toString(), charset))); } }