HttpAuthentication.java

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package org.springframework.http;

/**
 * Represents an abstract HTTP Authentication. Possible subclasses include 
 * representations of HTTP Basic Authentication and HTTP Digest Authentication.
 * @see <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt">RFC2617</a>
 * @author Jonathan Sweemer
 * @author Roy Clarkson
 * @since 1.0
 */
public abstract class HttpAuthentication {

	/**
	 * @return the value for the 'Authorization' HTTP header.
	 */
	public abstract String getHeaderValue();

}