org.apache.nutch.protocol.httpclient
Class HttpAuthenticationFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.nutch.protocol.httpclient.HttpAuthenticationFactory

public class HttpAuthenticationFactory

extends Object

Provides the Http protocol implementation with the ability to authenticate when prompted. The goal is to provide multiple authentication types but for now just the HttpBasicAuthentication authentication type is provided.

Author:

Matt Tencati

See Also:

HttpBasicAuthentication, Http, HttpResponse

Field Summary

static String	AUTH_HEADER The HTTP Authentication (WWW-Authenticate) header which is returned by a webserver requiring authentication.
static Logger	LOG

Method Summary

static HttpAuthentication

findAuthentication(Properties header)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

AUTH_HEADER

public static final String AUTH_HEADER

The HTTP Authentication (WWW-Authenticate) header which is returned by a webserver requiring authentication.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

LOG

public static final Logger LOG

Method Detail

findAuthentication

public static HttpAuthentication findAuthentication(Properties header)