Package net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.authentication

Class BasicAuthentication

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.authentication.BasicAuthentication

public class BasicAuthentication
extends Object

Utility class for HTTP basic access authentication

Copyright 2018 (C) by Martin Ganserer

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Martin Ganserer

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	HTTP_HEADER_AUTHORIZATION

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	createAuthentication(String userName, String password)	Create a basic authentication string by using the provided credentials
static String	getPassword(String authenticationString)	Extract the password from the given authentication string
static String	getUserName(String authenticationString)	Extract the user name from the given authentication string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

HTTP_HEADER_AUTHORIZATION

public static final String HTTP_HEADER_AUTHORIZATION

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

createAuthentication

public static String createAuthentication(String userName,
 String password)

Create a basic authentication string by using the provided credentials

Parameters:

userName -

password -

Returns:

the authentication string

getUserName

public static String getUserName(String authenticationString)

Extract the user name from the given authentication string

Parameters:

authenticationString -

Returns:

the user name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the authentication string is either empty or if it has an illegal format

getPassword

public static String getPassword(String authenticationString)

Extract the password from the given authentication string

Parameters:

authenticationString -

Returns:

the password

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the authentication string is either empty or if it has an illegal format