HttpAuthenticationFactory (apache-nutch 1.20 API)

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable
```
public class HttpAuthenticationFactory
extends Object
implements Configurable
```
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

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HttpAuthenticationFactory(Configuration conf)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`HttpAuthentication`	`findAuthentication(Metadata header)`
`Configuration`	`getConf()`
`void`	`setConf(Configuration conf)`

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

- Field Detail
  - WWW_AUTHENTICATE
```
public static final String WWW_AUTHENTICATE
```
    The HTTP Authentication (WWW-Authenticate) header which is returned by a webserver requiring authentication.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - HttpAuthenticationFactory
```
public HttpAuthenticationFactory(Configuration conf)
```
- Method Detail
  - setConf
```
public void setConf(Configuration conf)
```
    Specified by:
    
    setConf in interface Configurable
  - getConf
```
public Configuration getConf()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getConf in interface Configurable
  - findAuthentication
```
public HttpAuthentication findAuthentication(Metadata header)
```