Package org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth

Provides implementation of various authentication schemes as well as utility classes that can be used to authenticate HTTP requests.

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Description

Interface Summary

AuthScheme	This interface represents an abstract challenge-response oriented authentication scheme.
CredentialsProvider	Credentials provider interface can be used to provide HTTP method with a means to request authentication credentials if no credentials have been given or given credentials are incorrect.

Class Summary

AuthChallengeParser	This class provides utility methods for parsing HTTP www and proxy authentication challenges.
AuthChallengeProcessor	This class provides utility methods for processing HTTP www and proxy authentication challenges.
AuthPolicy	Authentication policy class.
AuthScope	The class represents an authentication scope consisting of a host name, a port number, a realm name and an authentication scheme name which Credentials apply to.
AuthState	This class provides detailed information about the state of the authentication process.
BasicScheme	Basic authentication scheme as defined in RFC 2617.
DigestScheme	Digest authentication scheme as defined in RFC 2617.
NTLMScheme	An implementation of the Microsoft proprietary NTLM authentication scheme.
RFC2617Scheme	Abstract authentication scheme class that lays foundation for all RFC 2617 compliant authetication schemes and provides capabilities common to all authentication schemes defined in RFC 2617.

Exception Summary

AuthChallengeException	Signals a failure processing authentication challenge
AuthenticationException	Signals a failure in authentication process
CredentialsNotAvailableException	Authentication credentials required to respond to a authentication challenge are not available
InvalidCredentialsException	Authentication credentials required to respond to a authentication challenge are invalid
MalformedChallengeException	Signals that authentication challenge is in some way invalid or illegal in the given context

Package org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth Description

Provides implementation of various authentication schemes as well as utility classes that can be used to authenticate HTTP requests.

Since:

2.0