Package com.inrupt.client.auth

Class ReactiveAuthorization

java.lang.Object

com.inrupt.client.auth.ReactiveAuthorization

public class ReactiveAuthorization
extends Object

A class for negotiating for a supported AuthenticationProvider based on the WWW-Authenticate headers received from a resource server.

In general, any authorization mechanism loaded via the ServiceLoader will be available for use during the challenge-response negotiation with a server. There are, however, certain known weak mechanisms such as Basic auth and Digest auth that are explicitly excluded.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ReactiveAuthorization()	Create a new authorization handler, loading any AuthenticationProvider implementations via the ServiceLoader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CompletionStage<Optional<Credential>>	negotiate(Session session, Request request, Collection<Challenge> challenges)	Negotiate for an authorization credential.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ReactiveAuthorization

public ReactiveAuthorization()

Create a new authorization handler, loading any AuthenticationProvider implementations via the ServiceLoader.

Known weak authorization mechanisms such as Basic and Digest are explicitly omitted.

Method Details

negotiate

public CompletionStage<Optional<Credential>> negotiate(Session session,
 Request request,
 Collection<Challenge> challenges)

Negotiate for an authorization credential.

Parameters:

session - the agent session

request - the HTTP request

challenges - the HTTP challenge schemes

Returns:

the next stage of completion, possibly containing a credential