org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth
Class AuthChallengeParser

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthChallengeParser

public final class AuthChallengeParser

extends Object

This class provides utility methods for parsing HTTP www and proxy authentication challenges.

Since:

2.0beta1

Author:

Oleg Kalnichevski

Constructor Summary

AuthChallengeParser()

Method Summary

static Map	extractParams(String challengeStr) Extracts a map of challenge parameters from an authentication challenge.
static String	extractScheme(String challengeStr) Extracts authentication scheme from the given authentication challenge.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthChallengeParser

public AuthChallengeParser()

Method Detail

extractScheme

public static String extractScheme(String challengeStr)
                            throws MalformedChallengeException

Extracts authentication scheme from the given authentication challenge.

Parameters:

challengeStr - the authentication challenge string

Returns:

authentication scheme

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - when the authentication challenge string is malformed

Since:

2.0beta1

extractParams

public static Map extractParams(String challengeStr)
                         throws MalformedChallengeException

Extracts a map of challenge parameters from an authentication challenge. Keys in the map are lower-cased

Parameters:

challengeStr - the authentication challenge string

Returns:

a map of authentication challenge parameters

Throws:

MalformedChallengeException - when the authentication challenge string is malformed

Since:

2.0beta1