AuthenticationHandler.java

/*
 * Copyright 2003-2006 Rick Knowles <winstone-devel at lists sourceforge net>
 * Distributed under the terms of either:
 * - the common development and distribution license (CDDL), v1.0; or
 * - the GNU Lesser General Public License, v2.1 or later
 */
package winstone;

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.*;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:rick_knowles@hotmail.com">Rick Knowles</a>
 * @version $Id: AuthenticationHandler.java,v 1.2 2006/02/28 07:32:47 rickknowles Exp $
 */
public interface AuthenticationHandler {
    /**
     * Evaluates any authentication constraints, intercepting if auth is
     * required. The relevant authentication handler subclass's logic is used to
     * actually authenticate.
     *
     * @return A boolean indicating whether to continue after this request
     */
    public boolean processAuthentication(ServletRequest request,
            ServletResponse response, String pathRequested) throws IOException,
            ServletException;
}