org.apache.catalina.authenticator

Class NonLoginAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

org.apache.catalina.authenticator.NonLoginAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

MBeanRegistration, Authenticator, Contained, Lifecycle, Valve

public final class NonLoginAuthenticator
extends AuthenticatorBase

An Authenticator and Valve implementation that checks only security constraints not involving user authentication.

Version:

$Revision: 1703 $ $Date: 2011-04-13 15:25:47 +0200 (Wed, 13 Apr 2011) $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

AUTH_HEADER_NAME, cache, changeSessionIdOnAuthentication, context, disableProxyCaching, lifecycle, REALM_NAME, securePagesWithPragma, SESSION_ID_BYTES, sso, started

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

container, controller, domain, mserver, next, oname

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle

AFTER_START_EVENT, AFTER_STOP_EVENT, BEFORE_START_EVENT, BEFORE_STOP_EVENT, DESTROY_EVENT, INIT_EVENT, PERIODIC_EVENT, START_EVENT, STOP_EVENT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NonLoginAuthenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authenticate(Request request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, LoginConfig config) Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified login configuration.
String	getInfo() Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

addLifecycleListener, associate, authenticate, findLifecycleListeners, generateSessionId, getCache, getContainer, getDisableProxyCaching, getSecurePagesWithPragma, invoke, isChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication, login, logout, reauthenticateFromSSO, register, removeLifecycleListener, setCache, setChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication, setContainer, setDisableProxyCaching, setSecurePagesWithPragma, start, stop, unregister

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

backgroundProcess, createObjectName, event, getContainerName, getController, getDomain, getNext, getObjectName, getParentName, postDeregister, postRegister, preDeregister, preRegister, setController, setNext, setObjectName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NonLoginAuthenticator

public NonLoginAuthenticator()

Method Detail

getInfo

public String getInfo()

Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Specified by:

getInfo in interface Valve

Overrides:

getInfo in class AuthenticatorBase

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(Request request,
                            javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                            LoginConfig config)
                     throws IOException

Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified login configuration. Return true if any specified constraint has been satisfied, or false if we have created a response challenge already.

Specified by:

authenticate in class AuthenticatorBase

Parameters:

request - Request we are processing

response - Response we are creating

config - Login configuration describing how authentication should be performed

Throws:

IOException - if an input/output error occurs