Package org.glassfish.tyrus.client.auth

Class Authenticator

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.tyrus.client.auth.Authenticator

@Beta
public abstract class Authenticator
extends Object

Authenticator provides a way how to plug-in custom authentication provider.

Authenticator is called when server-side returns HTTP 401 as a reply to handshake response. Tyrus client then looks for authenticator instance registered to authentication scheme provided by server.

Author:

Ondrej Kosatka

See Also:

• AuthConfig.Builder.registerAuthProvider(String, Authenticator)
• ClientProperties.AUTH_CONFIG
• ClientProperties.CREDENTIALS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Authenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract String	generateAuthorizationHeader(URI uri, String wwwAuthenticateHeader, Credentials credentials)	Generate value used as ""Authorization"" header value for next request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Authenticator

public Authenticator()

Method Details

generateAuthorizationHeader

public abstract String generateAuthorizationHeader(URI uri,
 String wwwAuthenticateHeader,
 Credentials credentials)
                                            throws AuthenticationException

Generate value used as ""Authorization"" header value for next request.

Thrown AuthenticationException will be wrapped as DeploymentException and thrown as a result of WebSocketContainer.connectToServer(...) method call.

Parameters:

uri - Uri of the server endpoint.

wwwAuthenticateHeader - ""WWW-Authenticate"" header value received in a handshake response.

credentials - credentials passed by property ClientProperties.CREDENTIALS. Can be null when there were no Credentials registered.

Returns:

value for "Authorization" header which will be put into next handshake request.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - when it is not possible to create ""Authorization"" header.