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public abstract class

AuthSchemeBase

extends Object
implements AuthScheme
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.apache.http.impl.auth.AuthSchemeBase
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Class Overview

Abstract authentication scheme class that serves as a basis for all authentication schemes supported by HttpClient. This class defines the generic way of parsing an authentication challenge. It does not make any assumptions regarding the format of the challenge nor does it impose any specific way of responding to that challenge.

Summary

Public Constructors
AuthSchemeBase()
Public Methods
boolean isProxy()
Returns true if authenticating against a proxy, false otherwise.
void processChallenge(Header header)
Processes the given challenge token.
Protected Methods
abstract void parseChallenge(CharArrayBuffer buffer, int pos, int len)
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface org.apache.http.auth.AuthScheme

Public Constructors

public AuthSchemeBase ()

Since: API Level 1

Public Methods

public boolean isProxy ()

Since: API Level 1

Returns true if authenticating against a proxy, false otherwise.

Returns
  • true if authenticating against a proxy, false otherwise

public void processChallenge (Header header)

Since: API Level 1

Processes the given challenge token. Some authentication schemes may involve multiple challenge-response exchanges. Such schemes must be able to maintain the state information when dealing with sequential challenges

Parameters
header the challenge header
Throws
MalformedChallengeException is thrown if the authentication challenge is malformed

Protected Methods

protected abstract void parseChallenge (CharArrayBuffer buffer, int pos, int len)

Since: API Level 1