org.alfresco.repo.webdav.auth

Interface AuthenticationDriver

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseKerberosAuthenticationFilter, BaseNTLMAuthenticationFilter, BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter, KerberosAuthenticationFilter, NTLMAuthenticationFilter, SSOFallbackBasicAuthenticationDriver

public interface AuthenticationDriver

A general interface for servlet-based authentication. Allows code to be shared by Web Client, WebDAV and Sharepoint authentication classes.

Author:

dward

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	AUTHENTICATION_USER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authenticateRequest(javax.servlet.ServletContext context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Authenticate user based on information in http request such as Authorization header or cached session information.
void	restartLoginChallenge(javax.servlet.ServletContext context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Send a status 401 response that will restart the log in handshake.

Field Detail

AUTHENTICATION_USER

static final String AUTHENTICATION_USER

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

authenticateRequest

boolean authenticateRequest(javax.servlet.ServletContext context,
                            javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                            javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                     throws IOException,
                            javax.servlet.ServletException

Authenticate user based on information in http request such as Authorization header or cached session information.

Parameters:

context - the context

request - http request

response - http response

Returns:

true if authentication was successful

Throws:

IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

restartLoginChallenge

void restartLoginChallenge(javax.servlet.ServletContext context,
                           javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                           javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                    throws IOException

Send a status 401 response that will restart the log in handshake.

Parameters:

context - the context

request - http request

response - http response

Throws:

IOException