Java example source code file (AuthScheme.java)

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The AuthScheme.java example source code

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package org.apache.http.auth;

import org.apache.http.Header;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;

/**
 * This interface represents an abstract challenge-response oriented 
 * authentication scheme.
 * <p>
 * An authentication scheme should be able to support the following
 * functions:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Parse and process the challenge sent by the target server
 *       in response to request for a protected resource
 *   <li>Provide its textual designation
 *   <li>Provide its parameters, if available
 *   <li>Provide the realm this authentication scheme is applicable to,
 *       if available
 *   <li>Generate authorization string for the given set of credentials
 *       and the HTTP request in response to the authorization challenge. 
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * Authentication schemes may be stateful involving a series of 
 * challenge-response exchanges.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */

public interface AuthScheme {

    /**
     * Processes the given challenge token. Some authentication schemes
     * may involve multiple challenge-response exchanges. Such schemes must be able 
     * to maintain the state information when dealing with sequential challenges 
     * 
     * @param header the challenge header
     */
    void processChallenge(final Header header) throws MalformedChallengeException;
    
    /**
     * Returns textual designation of the given authentication scheme.
     * 
     * @return the name of the given authentication scheme
     */
    String getSchemeName();

    /**
     * Returns authentication parameter with the given name, if available.
     * 
     * @param name The name of the parameter to be returned
     * 
     * @return the parameter with the given name
     */
    String getParameter(final String name);

    /**
     * Returns authentication realm. If the concept of an authentication
     * realm is not applicable to the given authentication scheme, returns
     * <code>null.
     * 
     * @return the authentication realm
     */
    String getRealm();
    
    /**
     * Tests if the authentication scheme is provides authorization on a per
     * connection basis instead of usual per request basis
     * 
     * @return <tt>true if the scheme is connection based, false
     * if the scheme is request based.
     */
    boolean isConnectionBased();    
    
    /**
     * Authentication process may involve a series of challenge-response exchanges.
     * This method tests if the authorization process has been completed, either
     * successfully or unsuccessfully, that is, all the required authorization 
     * challenges have been processed in their entirety.
     * 
     * @return <tt>true if the authentication process has been completed, 
     * <tt>false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isComplete();    

    /**
     * Produces an authorization string for the given set of {@link Credentials}.
     * 
     * @param credentials The set of credentials to be used for athentication
     * @param request The request being authenticated
     * @throws AuthenticationException if authorization string cannot 
     *   be generated due to an authentication failure
     * 
     * @return the authorization string
     */
    Header authenticate(Credentials credentials, HttpRequest request) 
            throws AuthenticationException;
    
}