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30  
31  package org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth;
32  
33  import java.util.ArrayList;
34  import java.util.HashMap;
35  import java.util.List;
36  
37  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
38  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
39  
40  /***
41   * Authentication policy class. The Authentication policy provides corresponding
42   * authentication scheme interfrace for a given type of authorization challenge. 
43   * <p>The following specifications are provided:
44   *  <ul>
45   *   <li><tt>Basic</tt>: Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC2617
46   *           (considered inherently insecure, but most widely supported)
47   *   <li><tt>Digest</tt>: Digest authentication scheme as defined in RFC2617
48   *   <li><tt>NTLM</tt>: The NTLM scheme is a proprietary Microsoft Windows 
49   *           Authentication protocol (considered to be the most secure among
50   *           currently supported authentication schemes)
51   *  </ul>
52   * 
53   * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
54   *
55   * @version $Revision: 1425331 $
56   * @since 3.0
57   */
58  public abstract class AuthPolicy {
59  
60      private static final HashMap   SCHEMES     = new HashMap();
61      private static final ArrayList SCHEME_LIST = new ArrayList();
62      
63      /***
64       * The key used to look up the list of IDs of supported {@link AuthScheme 
65       * authentication schemes} in their order of preference. The scheme IDs are 
66       * stored in a {@link java.util.Collection} as {@link java.lang.String}s. 
67       * 
68       * <p>
69       * If several schemes are returned in the <tt>WWW-Authenticate</tt> 
70       * or <tt>Proxy-Authenticate</tt> header, this parameter defines which
71       * {@link AuthScheme authentication schemes} takes precedence over others.
72       * The first item in the collection represents the most preferred 
73       * {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme}, the last item represents the ID 
74       * of the least preferred one.
75       * </p>
76       * 
77       * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.DefaultHttpParams
78       */
79      public static final String AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY = "http.auth.scheme-priority";
80  
81      /***
82       * The NTLM scheme is a proprietary Microsoft Windows Authentication 
83       * protocol (considered to be the most secure among currently supported 
84       * authentication schemes).
85       */
86      public static final String NTLM = "NTLM";
87      
88      /*** 
89       * Digest authentication scheme as defined in RFC2617.
90       */
91      public static final String DIGEST = "Digest";
92  
93      /*** 
94       * Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC2617 (considered inherently
95       * insecure, but most widely supported)
96       */
97      public static final String BASIC = "Basic";
98      
99      static {
100         AuthPolicy.registerAuthScheme(NTLM,   NTLMScheme.class);
101         AuthPolicy.registerAuthScheme(DIGEST, DigestScheme.class);
102         AuthPolicy.registerAuthScheme(BASIC,  BasicScheme.class);
103     }
104     
105     /*** Log object. */
106     protected static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(AuthPolicy.class);
107 
108     /***
109      * Registers a class implementing an {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme} with 
110      * the given identifier. If a class with the given ID already exists it will be overridden.  
111      * This ID is the same one used to retrieve the {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme} 
112      * from {@link #getAuthScheme(String)}.
113      * 
114      * <p>
115      * Please note that custom authentication preferences, if used, need to be updated accordingly 
116      * for the new {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme} to take effect.
117      * </p>    
118      * 
119      * @param id the identifier for this scheme
120      * @param clazz the class to register
121      * 
122      * @see #getAuthScheme(String)
123      * @see #AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY
124      */
125     public static synchronized void registerAuthScheme(final String id, Class clazz) {
126          if (id == null) {
127              throw new IllegalArgumentException("Id may not be null");
128          }
129         if (clazz == null) {
130             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Authentication scheme class may not be null");
131         }
132         SCHEMES.put(id.toLowerCase(), clazz);
133         SCHEME_LIST.add(id.toLowerCase());
134     }
135 
136     /***
137      * Unregisters the class implementing an {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme} with 
138      * the given ID.
139      * 
140      * @param id the ID of the class to unregister
141      */
142     public static synchronized void unregisterAuthScheme(final String id) {
143          if (id == null) {
144              throw new IllegalArgumentException("Id may not be null");
145          }
146         SCHEMES.remove(id.toLowerCase());
147         SCHEME_LIST.remove(id.toLowerCase());
148     }
149 
150     /***
151      * Gets the {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme} with the given ID.
152      * 
153      * @param id the {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme} ID
154      * 
155      * @return {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme}
156      * 
157      * @throws IllegalStateException if a scheme with the ID cannot be found
158      */
159     public static synchronized AuthScheme getAuthScheme(final String id) 
160         throws IllegalStateException {
161 
162         if (id == null) {
163             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Id may not be null");
164         }
165         Class clazz = (Class)SCHEMES.get(id.toLowerCase());
166         if (clazz != null) {
167             try {
168                 return (AuthScheme)clazz.newInstance();
169             } catch (Exception e) {
170                 LOG.error("Error initializing authentication scheme: " + id, e);
171                 throw new IllegalStateException(id + 
172                     " authentication scheme implemented by " +
173                     clazz.getName() + " could not be initialized");
174             }
175         } else {
176             throw new IllegalStateException("Unsupported authentication scheme " + id);
177         }
178     } 
179 
180     /***
181      * Returns a list containing all registered {@link AuthScheme authentication 
182      * schemes} in their default order.
183      * 
184      * @return {@link AuthScheme authentication scheme}
185      */
186     public static synchronized List getDefaultAuthPrefs() {
187         return (List)SCHEME_LIST.clone(); 
188     } 
189 }