Constructor Detail

• BasicAuthenticator.BasicCredentials

  public BasicAuthenticator.BasicCredentials(ByteChunk input)
                                      throws IllegalArgumentException

  Parse the HTTP Authorization header for BASIC authentication as per RFC 2617 section 2, and the Base64 encoded credentials as per RFC 2045 section 6.8.

  Parameters:

  input - The header value to parse in-place

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - If the header does not conform to RFC 2617

Method Detail

• getUsername

  public String getUsername()

  Trivial accessor.

  Returns:

  the decoded username token as a String, which is never be null, but can be empty.

• getPassword

  public String getPassword()

  Trivial accessor.

  Returns:

  the decoded password token as a String, or null if no password was found in the credentials.