org.alfresco.repo.webdav.auth

Interface AuthenticationDriver

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseKerberosAuthenticationFilter, BaseNTLMAuthenticationFilter, BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter, KerberosAuthenticationFilter, NTLMAuthenticationFilter

public interface AuthenticationDriver

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

Method Summary

Methods

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.

Method Detail

authenticateRequest

boolean authenticateRequest(javax.servlet.ServletContext context,
                          javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                          javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                            throws java.io.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:

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

restartLoginChallenge

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

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

Parameters:

context - the context

request - http request

response - http response

Throws:

java.io.IOException