net.adamcin.httpsig.http.servlet

Class ServletUtil

java.lang.Object

net.adamcin.httpsig.http.servlet.ServletUtil

public final class ServletUtil
extends Object

Helper methods for use in a Servlet context.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Authorization	getAuthorization(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Parse an HttpServletRequest to create an Authorization
static RequestContent	getRequestContent(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Parse an HttpServletRequest to build the RequestContent
static RequestContent	getRequestContent(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, Collection<String> ignoreHeaders) Parse an HttpServletRequest to build the RequestContent
static boolean	sendChallenge(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse resp, Challenge challenge) Handle an HttpServletResponse which has failed authentication by sending a Challenge header

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getAuthorization

public static Authorization getAuthorization(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Parse an HttpServletRequest to create an Authorization

Parameters:

request - the HTTP Request

Returns:

the Authorization

getRequestContent

public static RequestContent getRequestContent(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Parse an HttpServletRequest to build the RequestContent

Parameters:

request - the HTTP Request

Returns:

the RequestContent

getRequestContent

public static RequestContent getRequestContent(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                               Collection<String> ignoreHeaders)

Parse an HttpServletRequest to build the RequestContent

Parameters:

request - the HTTP Request

ignoreHeaders - a collection of header names to ignore, in case they have been added by proxies

Returns:

the signable request content

sendChallenge

public static boolean sendChallenge(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse resp,
                                    Challenge challenge)
                             throws IOException

Handle an HttpServletResponse which has failed authentication by sending a Challenge header

Parameters:

resp - the HTTP Response

challenge - the Server challenge parameters

Returns:

true if response was flushed successfully, false otherwise

Throws:

IOException - if anything went wrong