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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Credentials;
/**
* <p>
* This interface represents an abstract authentication scheme.
* </p>
* <p>
* An authentication scheme should be able to support the following
* functions:
* <ul>
* <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,
* request method and URI as specificed in the HTTP request line
* </ul>
* </p>
* <p>
* Authentication schemes may ignore method name and URI parameters
* if they are not relevant for the given authentication mechanism
* </p>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Adrian Sutton</a>
*
* @since 2.0beta1
*/
public interface AuthScheme {
/**
* 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</code>.
*
* @return the authentication realm
*/
String getRealm();
/**
* Returns a String identifying the authentication challenge. This is
* used, in combination with the host and port to determine if
* authorization has already been attempted or not. Schemes which
* require multiple requests to complete the authentication should
* return a different value for each stage in the request.
*
* <p>Additionally, the ID should take into account any changes to the
* authentication challenge and return a different value when appropriate.
* For example when the realm changes in basic authentication it should be
* considered a different authentication attempt and a different value should
* be returned.</p>
*
* @return String a String identifying the authentication challenge. The
* returned value may be null.
*/
String getID();
/**
* Produces an authorization string for the given set of {@link Credentials},
* method name and URI using the given authentication scheme.
*
* @param credentials The set of credentials to be used for athentication
* @param method The name of the method that requires authorization.
* This parameter may be ignored, if it is irrelevant
* or not applicable to the given authentication scheme
* @param uri The URI for which authorization is needed.
* This parameter may be ignored, if it is irrelevant or not
* applicable to the given authentication scheme
* @throws AuthenticationException if authorization string cannot
* be generated due to an authentication failure
*
* @return the authorization string
*
* @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod#getName()
* @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod#getPath()
*/
String authenticate(Credentials credentials, String method, String uri)
throws AuthenticationException;
}
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