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*
* An authentication scheme should be able to support the following
* functions:
*
* - Parse and process the challenge sent by the target server
* in response to request for a protected resource
*
- Provide its textual designation
*
- Provide its parameters, if available
*
- Provide the realm this authentication scheme is applicable to,
* if available
*
- Generate authorization string for the given set of credentials
* and the HTTP request in response to the authorization challenge.
*
*
* Authentication schemes may be stateful involving a series of
* challenge-response exchanges.
*
* IMPORTANT: implementations of this interface MUST also implement {@link ContextAwareAuthScheme}
* interface in order to remain API compatible with newer versions of HttpClient.
*
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface AuthScheme {
/**
* 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
*
* @param header the challenge header
*/
void processChallenge(final Header header) throws MalformedChallengeException;
/**
* Returns textual designation of the given authentication scheme.
*
* @return the name of the given authentication scheme
*/
String getSchemeName();
/**
* Returns authentication parameter with the given name, if available.
*
* @param name The name of the parameter to be returned
*
* @return the parameter with the given name
*/
String getParameter(final String name);
/**
* Returns authentication realm. If the concept of an authentication
* realm is not applicable to the given authentication scheme, returns
* {@code null}.
*
* @return the authentication realm
*/
String getRealm();
/**
* Tests if the authentication scheme is provides authorization on a per
* connection basis instead of usual per request basis
*
* @return {@code true} if the scheme is connection based, {@code false}
* if the scheme is request based.
*/
boolean isConnectionBased();
/**
* Authentication process may involve a series of challenge-response exchanges.
* This method tests if the authorization process has been completed, either
* successfully or unsuccessfully, that is, all the required authorization
* challenges have been processed in their entirety.
*
* @return {@code true} if the authentication process has been completed,
* {@code false} otherwise.
*/
boolean isComplete();
/**
* Produces an authorization string for the given set of {@link Credentials}.
*
* @param credentials The set of credentials to be used for athentication
* @param request The request being authenticated
* @throws AuthenticationException if authorization string cannot
* be generated due to an authentication failure
*
* @return the authorization string
*
* @deprecated (4.1) Use {@link ContextAwareAuthScheme#authenticate(Credentials, HttpRequest, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext)}
*/
@Deprecated
Header authenticate(Credentials credentials, HttpRequest request)
throws AuthenticationException;
}