basicauthenticationhandler.h

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#ifndef Pegasus_BasicAuthenticationHandler_h
#define Pegasus_BasicAuthenticationHandler_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>

#include "Authenticator.h"
#include "BasicAuthenticator.h"

#include <Pegasus/Security/Authentication/Linkage.h>


PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/** 
    Implements the AuthenticationHandler for Basic authentication
*/

static const char BASIC_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED_KEY [] = 
    "Security.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler.BASIC_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED";

static const char BASIC_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED [] = 
  "Authentication failed for user=$0.";

class PEGASUS_SECURITY_LINKAGE BasicAuthenticationHandler : public Authenticator
{
public:

    /** Constructors  */
    BasicAuthenticationHandler();

    /** Destructor  */
    ~BasicAuthenticationHandler();
    
    /** Verify the authentication of the user passed in the authorization header.
        @param authHeader String containing the Authorization header
        @param authInfo Reference to AuthenticationInfo object
        @return true on successful authentication, false otherwise
    */
    Boolean authenticate(
        const String& authHeader, 
        AuthenticationInfo* authInfo);
    
    /** Construct and return the Basic authentication challenge header
        @param authType An optional string containing the HTTP authentication type 
        @param userName An optional string containing the user name 
        (Parameters are not used to generate the Basic authentication challenge 
         header, hence they are optional) 
        @return A string containing the authentication challenge header.
    */
    String getAuthResponseHeader(
        const String& authType = String::EMPTY,
        const String& userName = String::EMPTY,
        AuthenticationInfo* authInfo = 0);

    Boolean validateUser(const String& userName);


private:

    BasicAuthenticator* _basicAuthenticator;
};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_BasicAuthenticationHandler_h*/