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package com.sun.net.httpserver;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.Base64;
import java.util.Objects;

import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;

BasicAuthenticator provides an implementation of HTTP Basic authentication. It is an abstract class and must be extended to provide an implementation of checkCredentials(String, String) which is called to verify each incoming request.
/** * BasicAuthenticator provides an implementation of HTTP Basic * authentication. It is an abstract class and must be extended * to provide an implementation of {@link #checkCredentials(String,String)} * which is called to verify each incoming request. */
public abstract class BasicAuthenticator extends Authenticator {
The HTTP Basic authentication realm.
/** The HTTP Basic authentication realm. */
protected final String realm; private final Charset charset; private final boolean isUTF8;
Creates a BasicAuthenticator for the given HTTP realm. The Basic authentication credentials (username and password) are decoded using the platform's default character set.
Params:
  • realm – the HTTP Basic authentication realm
Throws:
/** * Creates a {@code BasicAuthenticator} for the given HTTP realm. * The Basic authentication credentials (username and password) are decoded * using the platform's {@link Charset#defaultCharset() default character set}. * * @param realm the HTTP Basic authentication realm * @throws NullPointerException if realm is {@code null} * @throws IllegalArgumentException if realm is an empty string */
public BasicAuthenticator (String realm) { this(realm, Charset.defaultCharset()); }
Creates a BasicAuthenticator for the given HTTP realm and using the given Charset to decode the Basic authentication credentials (username and password).
Params:
  • realm – the HTTP Basic authentication realm
  • charset – the Charset to decode incoming credentials from the client
Throws:
API Note:UTF-8 is the recommended charset because its usage is communicated to the client, and therefore more likely to be used also by the client.
/** * Creates a {@code BasicAuthenticator} for the given HTTP realm and using the * given {@link Charset} to decode the Basic authentication credentials * (username and password). * * @apiNote {@code UTF-8} is the recommended charset because its usage is * communicated to the client, and therefore more likely to be used also * by the client. * * @param realm the HTTP Basic authentication realm * @param charset the {@code Charset} to decode incoming credentials from the client * @throws NullPointerException if realm or charset are {@code null} * @throws IllegalArgumentException if realm is an empty string */
public BasicAuthenticator (String realm, Charset charset) { Objects.requireNonNull(charset); if (realm.isEmpty()) // implicit NPE check throw new IllegalArgumentException("realm must not be empty"); this.realm = realm; this.charset = charset; this.isUTF8 = charset.equals(UTF_8); }
Returns the realm this BasicAuthenticator was created with.
Returns:the authenticator's realm string
/** * Returns the realm this {@code BasicAuthenticator} was created with. * * @return the authenticator's realm string */
public String getRealm () { return realm; } public Result authenticate (HttpExchange t) { Headers rmap = t.getRequestHeaders(); /* * look for auth token */ String auth = rmap.getFirst ("Authorization"); if (auth == null) { setAuthHeader(t); return new Authenticator.Retry (401); } int sp = auth.indexOf (' '); if (sp == -1 || !auth.substring(0, sp).equals ("Basic")) { return new Authenticator.Failure (401); } byte[] b = Base64.getDecoder().decode(auth.substring(sp+1)); String userpass = new String (b, charset); int colon = userpass.indexOf (':'); String uname = userpass.substring (0, colon); String pass = userpass.substring (colon+1); if (checkCredentials (uname, pass)) { return new Authenticator.Success ( new HttpPrincipal ( uname, realm ) ); } else { /* reject the request again with 401 */ setAuthHeader(t); return new Authenticator.Failure(401); } } private void setAuthHeader(HttpExchange t) { Headers map = t.getResponseHeaders(); var authString = "Basic realm=" + "\"" + realm + "\"" + (isUTF8 ? ", charset=\"UTF-8\"" : ""); map.set ("WWW-Authenticate", authString); }
Called for each incoming request to verify the given name and password in the context of this authenticator's realm. Any caching of credentials must be done by the implementation of this method.
Params:
  • username – the username from the request
  • password – the password from the request
Returns:true if the credentials are valid, false otherwise
/** * Called for each incoming request to verify the * given name and password in the context of this * authenticator's realm. Any caching of credentials * must be done by the implementation of this method. * * @param username the username from the request * @param password the password from the request * @return {@code true} if the credentials are valid, {@code false} otherwise */
public abstract boolean checkCredentials (String username, String password); }