Package io.undertow.security.handlers

Class AuthenticationConstraintHandler

java.lang.Object

io.undertow.security.handlers.AuthenticationConstraintHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpHandler

public class AuthenticationConstraintHandler
extends Object
implements HttpHandler

Handler responsible for checking the constraints for the current request and marking authentication as required if applicable. Sub classes can override isAuthenticationRequired to provide a constraint check, by default this handler will set authentication as always required, authentication will be optional if this handler is omitted.

Author:

Darran Lofthouse

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AuthenticationConstraintHandler(HttpHandler next)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	handleRequest(HttpServerExchange exchange)	Handle the request.
protected boolean	isAuthenticationRequired(HttpServerExchange exchange)	Evaluate the current request and indicate if authentication is required for the current request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationConstraintHandler

public AuthenticationConstraintHandler(HttpHandler next)

Method Detail

handleRequest

public void handleRequest(HttpServerExchange exchange)
                   throws Exception

Description copied from interface: HttpHandler

Handle the request.

Specified by:

handleRequest in interface HttpHandler

Parameters:

exchange - the HTTP request/response exchange

Throws:

Exception

See Also:

HttpHandler.handleRequest(io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange)

isAuthenticationRequired

protected boolean isAuthenticationRequired(HttpServerExchange exchange)

Evaluate the current request and indicate if authentication is required for the current request. By default this will always return true, sub-classes will override this method to provide a more specific check.

Parameters:

exchange - - the HttpServerExchange for the current request to decide if authentication is required.

Returns:

true if authentication is required, false otherwise.