Package org.wildfly.security.http.external

Class ExternalAuthenticationMechanism

java.lang.Object

org.wildfly.security.http.external.ExternalAuthenticationMechanism

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpServerAuthenticationMechanism

public class ExternalAuthenticationMechanism
extends Object
implements HttpServerAuthenticationMechanism

The EXTERNAL authentication mechanism.

Author:

Ashley Abdel-Sayed

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	evaluateRequest(HttpServerRequest request)	Evaluate the current request and attempt to authenticate if appropriate.
String	getMechanismName()	Get the name of this mechanism, where appropriate this should be the IANA registered name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.wildfly.security.http.HttpServerAuthenticationMechanism

dispose, getNegotiatedProperty, getNegotiationProperty

Method Details

getMechanismName

public String getMechanismName()

Description copied from interface: HttpServerAuthenticationMechanism

Get the name of this mechanism, where appropriate this should be the IANA registered name.

Specified by:

getMechanismName in interface HttpServerAuthenticationMechanism

Returns:

the name of the mechanism.

See Also:

• HttpServerAuthenticationMechanism.getMechanismName()

evaluateRequest

public void evaluateRequest(HttpServerRequest request)
                     throws HttpAuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: HttpServerAuthenticationMechanism

Evaluate the current request and attempt to authenticate if appropriate. The mechanism should call the appropriate callback methods on the {link HttpServerResponse} to both indicate the outcome of the evaluation and to register any HttpServerMechanismsResponder as required.

Specified by:

evaluateRequest in interface HttpServerAuthenticationMechanism

Parameters:

request - representation of the HTTP request.

Throws:

HttpAuthenticationException - if there is an internal failure handling the authentication.