org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth
Class AuthChallengeParser

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthChallengeParser

public final class AuthChallengeParser
extends Object

This class provides utility methods for parsing HTTP www and proxy authentication challenges.

Since:

2.0beta1

Author:

Oleg Kalnichevski

Constructor Summary

AuthChallengeParser()

Method Summary

static Map	extractParams(String challengeStr) Extracts a map of challenge parameters from an authentication challenge.
static String	extractScheme(String challengeStr) Extracts authentication scheme from the given authentication challenge.
static Map	parseChallenges(Header[] headers) Extracts a map of challenges ordered by authentication scheme name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthChallengeParser

public AuthChallengeParser()

Method Detail

extractScheme

public static String extractScheme(String challengeStr)
                            throws MalformedChallengeException

Extracts authentication scheme from the given authentication challenge.

Parameters:

challengeStr - the authentication challenge string

Returns:

authentication scheme

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - when the authentication challenge string is malformed

Since:

2.0beta1

extractParams

public static Map extractParams(String challengeStr)
                         throws MalformedChallengeException

Extracts a map of challenge parameters from an authentication challenge. Keys in the map are lower-cased

Parameters:

challengeStr - the authentication challenge string

Returns:

a map of authentication challenge parameters

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - when the authentication challenge string is malformed

Since:

2.0beta1

parseChallenges

public static Map parseChallenges(Header[] headers)
                           throws MalformedChallengeException

Extracts a map of challenges ordered by authentication scheme name

Parameters:

headers - the array of authorization challenges

Returns:

a map of authorization challenges

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - if any of challenge strings is malformed

Since:

3.0