org.apache.catalina.authenticator

Class BasicAuthenticator.BasicCredentials

java.lang.Object

org.apache.catalina.authenticator.BasicAuthenticator.BasicCredentials

Enclosing class:

BasicAuthenticator

public static class BasicAuthenticator.BasicCredentials
extends Object

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BasicCredentials(ByteChunk input) 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.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getPassword() Trivial accessor.
String	getUsername() Trivial accessor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicCredentials

public 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.