org.apache.http.auth
Interface ContextAwareAuthScheme

All Superinterfaces:
AuthScheme
All Known Implementing Classes:
AuthSchemeBase, BasicScheme, DigestScheme, GGSSchemeBase, KerberosScheme, NegotiateScheme, NTLMScheme, RFC2617Scheme, SPNegoScheme

public interface ContextAwareAuthScheme
extends AuthScheme

This interface represents an extended authentication scheme that requires access to HttpContext in order to generate an authorization string. TODO: Fix AuthScheme interface in the next major version

Since:
4.1

Method Summary
 org.apache.http.Header authenticate(Credentials credentials, org.apache.http.HttpRequest request, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext context)
          Produces an authorization string for the given set of Credentials.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.http.auth.AuthScheme
authenticate, getParameter, getRealm, getSchemeName, isComplete, isConnectionBased, processChallenge
 

Method Detail

authenticate

org.apache.http.Header authenticate(Credentials credentials,
                                    org.apache.http.HttpRequest request,
                                    org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext context)
                                    throws AuthenticationException
Produces an authorization string for the given set of Credentials.

Parameters:
credentials - The set of credentials to be used for athentication
request - The request being authenticated
context - HTTP context
Returns:
the authorization string
Throws:
AuthenticationException - if authorization string cannot be generated due to an authentication failure


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