AbstractAuthenticator.java

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package ste.web.acl;

/**
 *
 * @author ste
 */
public abstract class AbstractAuthenticator implements Authenticator {
    
    private String message = "Basic login";
    
    /**
     * The authenticator can provide a message to describe the authentication 
     * mechanism. This can be used to set the WWW-Authenticate header
     *
     * @return the authentication message
     */
    @Override
    public String getMessage() {
        return message;
    }
    
    public void setMessage(String msg) {
        message = msg;
    }
}