AuthenticatorBase (Apache Tomcat 7.0.67 API Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase
- - org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase
  - - org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
    - - org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.management.MBeanRegistration, Authenticator, Contained, Lifecycle, Valve

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicAuthenticator, DigestAuthenticator, FormAuthenticator, NonLoginAuthenticator, SpnegoAuthenticator, SSLAuthenticator
```
public abstract class AuthenticatorBase
extends ValveBase
implements Authenticator
```
Basic implementation of the Valve interface that enforces the <security-constraint> elements in the web application deployment descriptor. This functionality is implemented as a Valve so that it can be omitted in environments that do not require these features. Individual implementations of each supported authentication method can subclass this base class as required.
USAGE CONSTRAINT: When this class is utilized, the Context to which it is attached (or a parent Container in a hierarchy) must have an associated Realm that can be used for authenticating users and enumerating the roles to which they have been assigned.
USAGE CONSTRAINT: This Valve is only useful when processing HTTP requests. Requests of any other type will simply be passed through.

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`protected boolean`	`alwaysUseSession` Should a session always be used once a user is authenticated?
`protected static java.lang.String`	`AUTH_HEADER_NAME` Authentication header
`protected boolean`	`cache` Should we cache authenticated Principals if the request is part of an HTTP session?
`protected boolean`	`changeSessionIdOnAuthentication` Should the session ID, if any, be changed upon a successful authentication to prevent a session fixation attack?
`protected Context`	`context` The Context to which this Valve is attached.
`protected boolean`	`disableProxyCaching` Flag to determine if we disable proxy caching, or leave the issue up to the webapp developer.
`protected static java.lang.String`	`info` Descriptive information about this implementation.
`protected static java.lang.String`	`REALM_NAME` Default authentication realm name.
`protected boolean`	`securePagesWithPragma` Flag to determine if we disable proxy caching with headers incompatible with IE.
`protected java.lang.String`	`secureRandomAlgorithm` The name of the algorithm to use to create instances of `SecureRandom` which are used to generate SSO session IDs.
`protected java.lang.String`	`secureRandomClass` The Java class name of the secure random number generator class to be used when generating SSO session identifiers.
`protected java.lang.String`	`secureRandomProvider` The name of the provider to use to create instances of `SecureRandom` which are used to generate session SSO IDs.
`protected SessionIdGeneratorBase`	`sessionIdGenerator`
`protected static StringManager`	`sm` The string manager for this package.
`protected SingleSignOn`	`sso` The SingleSignOn implementation in our request processing chain, if there is one.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
asyncSupported, container, containerLog, next

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase
mserver

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle
AFTER_DESTROY_EVENT, AFTER_INIT_EVENT, AFTER_START_EVENT, AFTER_STOP_EVENT, BEFORE_DESTROY_EVENT, BEFORE_INIT_EVENT, BEFORE_START_EVENT, BEFORE_STOP_EVENT, CONFIGURE_START_EVENT, CONFIGURE_STOP_EVENT, PERIODIC_EVENT, START_EVENT, STOP_EVENT

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

AuthenticatorBase()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`AuthenticatorBase()`

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`protected void`	`associate(java.lang.String ssoId, Session session)` Associate the specified single sign on identifier with the specified Session.
`boolean`	`authenticate(Request request, HttpServletResponse response)` Authenticate the user making this request, based on the login configuration of the `Context` with which this Authenticator is associated.
`abstract boolean`	`authenticate(Request request, HttpServletResponse response, LoginConfig config)` Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified login configuration.
`protected boolean`	`checkForCachedAuthentication(Request request, HttpServletResponse response, boolean useSSO)` Check to see if the user has already been authenticated earlier in the processing chain or if there is enough information available to authenticate the user without requiring further user interaction.
`protected java.security.Principal`	`doLogin(Request request, java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password)` Process the login request.
`boolean`	`getAlwaysUseSession()`
`protected abstract java.lang.String`	`getAuthMethod()`
`boolean`	`getCache()` Return the cache authenticated Principals flag.
`boolean`	`getChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication()` Return the flag that states if we should change the session ID of an existing session upon successful authentication.
`Container`	`getContainer()` Return the Container to which this Valve is attached.
`boolean`	`getDisableProxyCaching()` Return the flag that states if we add headers to disable caching by proxies.
`java.lang.String`	`getInfo()` Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.
`protected java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]`	`getRequestCertificates(Request request)` Look for the X509 certificate chain in the Request under the key `javax.servlet.request.X509Certificate`.
`boolean`	`getSecurePagesWithPragma()` Return the flag that states, if proxy caching is disabled, what headers we add to disable the caching.
`java.lang.String`	`getSecureRandomAlgorithm()` Return the secure random number generator algorithm name.
`java.lang.String`	`getSecureRandomClass()` Return the secure random number generator class name.
`java.lang.String`	`getSecureRandomProvider()` Return the secure random number generator provider name.
`void`	`invoke(Request request, Response response)` Enforce the security restrictions in the web application deployment descriptor of our associated Context.
`void`	`login(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password, Request request)`
`void`	`logout(Request request)`
`protected boolean`	`reauthenticateFromSSO(java.lang.String ssoId, Request request)` Attempts reauthentication to the `Realm` using the credentials included in argument `entry`.
`void`	`register(Request request, HttpServletResponse response, java.security.Principal principal, java.lang.String authType, java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password)` Register an authenticated Principal and authentication type in our request, in the current session (if there is one), and with our SingleSignOn valve, if there is one.
`void`	`setAlwaysUseSession(boolean alwaysUseSession)`
`void`	`setCache(boolean cache)` Set the cache authenticated Principals flag.
`void`	`setChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication(boolean changeSessionIdOnAuthentication)` Set the value of the flag that states if we should change the session ID of an existing session upon successful authentication.
`void`	`setContainer(Container container)` Set the Container to which this Valve is attached.
`void`	`setDisableProxyCaching(boolean nocache)` Set the value of the flag that states if we add headers to disable caching by proxies.
`void`	`setSecurePagesWithPragma(boolean securePagesWithPragma)` Set the value of the flag that states what headers we add to disable proxy caching.
`void`	`setSecureRandomAlgorithm(java.lang.String secureRandomAlgorithm)` Set the secure random number generator algorithm name.
`void`	`setSecureRandomClass(java.lang.String secureRandomClass)` Set the secure random number generator class name.
`void`	`setSecureRandomProvider(java.lang.String secureRandomProvider)` Set the secure random number generator provider name.
`protected void`	`startInternal()` Start this component and implement the requirements of `LifecycleBase.startInternal()`.
`protected void`	`stopInternal()` Stop this component and implement the requirements of `LifecycleBase.stopInternal()`.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
backgroundProcess, event, getDomainInternal, getNext, getObjectNameKeyProperties, initInternal, isAsyncSupported, setAsyncSupported, setNext, toString

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase
destroyInternal, getDomain, getObjectName, postDeregister, postRegister, preDeregister, preRegister, register, setDomain, unregister

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase
addLifecycleListener, destroy, findLifecycleListeners, fireLifecycleEvent, getState, getStateName, init, removeLifecycleListener, setState, setState, start, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - AUTH_HEADER_NAME
```
protected static final java.lang.String AUTH_HEADER_NAME
```
    Authentication header
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - REALM_NAME
```
protected static final java.lang.String REALM_NAME
```
    Default authentication realm name.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - alwaysUseSession
```
protected boolean alwaysUseSession
```
    Should a session always be used once a user is authenticated? This may offer some performance benefits since the session can then be used to cache the authenticated Principal, hence removing the need to authenticate the user via the Realm on every request. This may be of help for combinations such as BASIC authentication used with the JNDIRealm or DataSourceRealms. However there will also be the performance cost of creating and GC'ing the session. By default, a session will not be created.
  - cache
```
protected boolean cache
```
    Should we cache authenticated Principals if the request is part of an HTTP session?
  - changeSessionIdOnAuthentication
```
protected boolean changeSessionIdOnAuthentication
```
    Should the session ID, if any, be changed upon a successful authentication to prevent a session fixation attack?
  - context
```
protected Context context
```
    The Context to which this Valve is attached.
  - info
```
protected static final java.lang.String info
```
    Descriptive information about this implementation.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - disableProxyCaching
```
protected boolean disableProxyCaching
```
    Flag to determine if we disable proxy caching, or leave the issue up to the webapp developer.
  - securePagesWithPragma
```
protected boolean securePagesWithPragma
```
    Flag to determine if we disable proxy caching with headers incompatible with IE.
  - secureRandomClass
```
protected java.lang.String secureRandomClass
```
    The Java class name of the secure random number generator class to be used when generating SSO session identifiers. The random number generator class must be self-seeding and have a zero-argument constructor. If not specified, an instance of SecureRandom will be generated.
  - secureRandomAlgorithm
```
protected java.lang.String secureRandomAlgorithm
```
    The name of the algorithm to use to create instances of SecureRandom which are used to generate SSO session IDs. If no algorithm is specified, SHA1PRNG is used. To use the platform default (which may be SHA1PRNG), specify the empty string. If an invalid algorithm and/or provider is specified the SecureRandom instances will be created using the defaults. If that fails, the SecureRandom instances will be created using platform defaults.
  - secureRandomProvider
```
protected java.lang.String secureRandomProvider
```
    The name of the provider to use to create instances of SecureRandom which are used to generate session SSO IDs. If no algorithm is specified the of SHA1PRNG default is used. If an invalid algorithm and/or provider is specified the SecureRandom instances will be created using the defaults. If that fails, the SecureRandom instances will be created using platform defaults.
  - sessionIdGenerator
```
protected SessionIdGeneratorBase sessionIdGenerator
```
  - sm
```
protected static final StringManager sm
```
    The string manager for this package.
  - sso
```
protected SingleSignOn sso
```
    The SingleSignOn implementation in our request processing chain, if there is one.
- Constructor Detail
  - AuthenticatorBase
```
public AuthenticatorBase()
```
- Method Detail
  - getAlwaysUseSession
```
public boolean getAlwaysUseSession()
```
  - setAlwaysUseSession
```
public void setAlwaysUseSession(boolean alwaysUseSession)
```
  - getCache
```
public boolean getCache()
```
    Return the cache authenticated Principals flag.
  - setCache
```
public void setCache(boolean cache)
```
    Set the cache authenticated Principals flag.
    
    Parameters:
    cache - The new cache flag
  - getContainer
```
public Container getContainer()
```
    Return the Container to which this Valve is attached.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getContainer in interface Contained
    
    Overrides:
    
    getContainer in class ValveBase
  - setContainer
```
public void setContainer(Container container)
```
    Set the Container to which this Valve is attached.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setContainer in interface Contained
    
    Overrides:
    
    setContainer in class ValveBase
    
    Parameters:
    container - The container to which we are attached
  - getInfo
```
public java.lang.String getInfo()
```
    Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getInfo in interface Valve
    
    Overrides:
    
    getInfo in class ValveBase
  - getDisableProxyCaching
```
public boolean getDisableProxyCaching()
```
    Return the flag that states if we add headers to disable caching by proxies.
  - setDisableProxyCaching
```
public void setDisableProxyCaching(boolean nocache)
```
    Set the value of the flag that states if we add headers to disable caching by proxies.
    
    Parameters:
    nocache - true if we add headers to disable proxy caching, false if we leave the headers alone.
  - getSecurePagesWithPragma
```
public boolean getSecurePagesWithPragma()
```
    Return the flag that states, if proxy caching is disabled, what headers we add to disable the caching.
  - setSecurePagesWithPragma
```
public void setSecurePagesWithPragma(boolean securePagesWithPragma)
```
    Set the value of the flag that states what headers we add to disable proxy caching.
    
    Parameters:
    securePagesWithPragma - true if we add headers which are incompatible with downloading office documents in IE under SSL but which fix a caching problem in Mozilla.
  - getChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication
```
public boolean getChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication()
```
    Return the flag that states if we should change the session ID of an existing session upon successful authentication.
    
    Returns:
    true to change session ID upon successful authentication, false to do not perform the change.
  - setChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication
```
public void setChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication(boolean changeSessionIdOnAuthentication)
```
    Set the value of the flag that states if we should change the session ID of an existing session upon successful authentication.
    
    Parameters:
    changeSessionIdOnAuthentication - true to change session ID upon successful authentication, false to do not perform the change.
  - getSecureRandomClass
```
public java.lang.String getSecureRandomClass()
```
    Return the secure random number generator class name.
  - setSecureRandomClass
```
public void setSecureRandomClass(java.lang.String secureRandomClass)
```
    Set the secure random number generator class name.
    
    Parameters:
    secureRandomClass - The new secure random number generator class name
  - getSecureRandomAlgorithm
```
public java.lang.String getSecureRandomAlgorithm()
```
    Return the secure random number generator algorithm name.
  - setSecureRandomAlgorithm
```
public void setSecureRandomAlgorithm(java.lang.String secureRandomAlgorithm)
```
    Set the secure random number generator algorithm name.
    
    Parameters:
    secureRandomAlgorithm - The new secure random number generator algorithm name
  - getSecureRandomProvider
```
public java.lang.String getSecureRandomProvider()
```
    Return the secure random number generator provider name.
  - setSecureRandomProvider
```
public void setSecureRandomProvider(java.lang.String secureRandomProvider)
```
    Set the secure random number generator provider name.
    
    Parameters:
    secureRandomProvider - The new secure random number generator provider name
  - invoke
```
public void invoke(Request request,
          Response response)
            throws java.io.IOException,
                   ServletException
```
    Enforce the security restrictions in the web application deployment descriptor of our associated Context.
    
    Specified by:
    
    invoke in interface Valve
    
    Specified by:
    
    invoke in class ValveBase
    
    Parameters:
    request - Request to be processed
    response - Response to be processed
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs
    
    ServletException - if thrown by a processing element
  - getRequestCertificates
```
protected java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getRequestCertificates(Request request)
                                                               throws java.lang.IllegalStateException
```
    Look for the X509 certificate chain in the Request under the key javax.servlet.request.X509Certificate. If not found, trigger extracting the certificate chain from the Coyote request.
    
    Parameters:
    request - Request to be processed
    
    Returns:
    The X509 certificate chain if found, null otherwise.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException
  - associate
```
protected void associate(java.lang.String ssoId,
             Session session)
```
    Associate the specified single sign on identifier with the specified Session.
    
    Parameters:
    ssoId - Single sign on identifier
    session - Session to be associated
  - authenticate
```
public boolean authenticate(Request request,
                   HttpServletResponse response)
                     throws java.io.IOException
```
    Authenticate the user making this request, based on the login configuration of the Context with which this Authenticator is associated. Return true if any specified constraint has been satisfied, or false if we have created a response challenge already.
    
    Specified by:
    
    authenticate in interface Authenticator
    
    Parameters:
    request - Request we are processing
    response - Response we are populating
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs
  - authenticate
```
public abstract boolean authenticate(Request request,
                   HttpServletResponse response,
                   LoginConfig config)
                              throws java.io.IOException
```
    Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified login configuration. Return true if any specified constraint has been satisfied, or false if we have created a response challenge already.
    
    Specified by:
    
    authenticate in interface Authenticator
    
    Parameters:
    request - Request we are processing
    response - Response we are populating
    config - Login configuration describing how authentication should be performed
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs
  - checkForCachedAuthentication
```
protected boolean checkForCachedAuthentication(Request request,
                                   HttpServletResponse response,
                                   boolean useSSO)
```
    Check to see if the user has already been authenticated earlier in the processing chain or if there is enough information available to authenticate the user without requiring further user interaction.
    
    Parameters:
    request - The current request
    response - The current response
    useSSO - Should information available from SSO be used to attempt to authenticate the current user?
    
    Returns:
    true if the user was authenticated via the cache, otherwise false
  - reauthenticateFromSSO
```
protected boolean reauthenticateFromSSO(java.lang.String ssoId,
                            Request request)
```
    Attempts reauthentication to the Realm using the credentials included in argument entry.
    
    Parameters:
    ssoId - identifier of SingleSignOn session with which the caller is associated
    request - the request that needs to be authenticated
  - register
```
public void register(Request request,
            HttpServletResponse response,
            java.security.Principal principal,
            java.lang.String authType,
            java.lang.String username,
            java.lang.String password)
```
    Register an authenticated Principal and authentication type in our request, in the current session (if there is one), and with our SingleSignOn valve, if there is one. Set the appropriate cookie to be returned.
    
    Parameters:
    request - The servlet request we are processing
    response - The servlet response we are generating
    principal - The authenticated Principal to be registered
    authType - The authentication type to be registered
    username - Username used to authenticate (if any)
    password - Password used to authenticate (if any)
  - login
```
public void login(java.lang.String username,
         java.lang.String password,
         Request request)
           throws ServletException
```
    Specified by:
    
    login in interface Authenticator
    
    Throws:
    
    ServletException
  - getAuthMethod
```
protected abstract java.lang.String getAuthMethod()
```
  - doLogin
```
protected java.security.Principal doLogin(Request request,
                              java.lang.String username,
                              java.lang.String password)
                                   throws ServletException
```
    Process the login request.
    
    Parameters:
    request - Associated request
    username - The user
    password - The password
    
    Returns:
    The authenticated Principal
    
    Throws:
    
    ServletException
  - logout
```
public void logout(Request request)
            throws ServletException
```
    Specified by:
    
    logout in interface Authenticator
    
    Throws:
    
    ServletException
  - startInternal
```
protected void startInternal()
                      throws LifecycleException
```
    Start this component and implement the requirements of LifecycleBase.startInternal().
    
    Overrides:
    
    startInternal in class ValveBase
    
    Throws:
    
    LifecycleException - if this component detects a fatal error that prevents this component from being used
  - stopInternal
```
protected void stopInternal()
                     throws LifecycleException
```
    Stop this component and implement the requirements of LifecycleBase.stopInternal().
    
    Overrides:
    
    stopInternal in class ValveBase
    
    Throws:
    
    LifecycleException - if this component detects a fatal error that prevents this component from being used

Class AuthenticatorBase

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

AUTH_HEADER_NAME

REALM_NAME

alwaysUseSession

cache

changeSessionIdOnAuthentication

context

info

disableProxyCaching

securePagesWithPragma

secureRandomClass

secureRandomAlgorithm

secureRandomProvider

sessionIdGenerator

sm

sso

Constructor Detail

AuthenticatorBase

Method Detail

getAlwaysUseSession

setAlwaysUseSession

getCache

setCache

getContainer

setContainer

getInfo

getDisableProxyCaching

setDisableProxyCaching

getSecurePagesWithPragma

setSecurePagesWithPragma

getChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication

setChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication

getSecureRandomClass

setSecureRandomClass

getSecureRandomAlgorithm

setSecureRandomAlgorithm

getSecureRandomProvider

setSecureRandomProvider

invoke

getRequestCertificates

associate

authenticate

authenticate

checkForCachedAuthentication

reauthenticateFromSSO

register

login

getAuthMethod

doLogin

logout

startInternal

stopInternal