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package sun.net.www.protocol.http;

import java.net.URL;

/**

 * An interface for all objects that implement HTTP authentication.

 * See the HTTP spec for details on how this works in general.

 * A single class or object can implement an arbitrary number of

 * authentication schemes.

 *

 * @author David Brown

 *

 * @deprecated -- use java.net.Authenticator instead

 * @see java.net.Authenticator

 */

//

// REMIND:  Unless compatibility with sun.* API's from 1.2 to 2.0 is

// a goal, there's no reason to carry this forward into JDK 2.0.

@Deprecated

public interface HttpAuthenticator {

    /**

     * Indicate whether the specified authentication scheme is

     * supported.  In accordance with HTTP specifications, the

     * scheme name should be checked in a case-insensitive fashion.

     */

    boolean schemeSupported (String scheme);

    /**

     * Returns the String that should be included in the HTTP

     * <B>Authorization</B> field.  Return null if no info was

     * supplied or could be found.

     * <P>

     * Example:

     * --> GET http://www.authorization-required.com/ HTTP/1.0

     * <-- HTTP/1.0 403 Unauthorized

     * <-- WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="WallyWorld"

     * call schemeSupported("Basic"); (return true)

     * call authString(u, "Basic", "WallyWorld", null);

     *   return "QWadhgWERghghWERfdfQ=="

     * --> GET http://www.authorization-required.com/ HTTP/1.0

     * --> Authorization: Basic QWadhgWERghghWERfdfQ==

     * <-- HTTP/1.0 200 OK

     * <B> YAY!!!</B>

     */

    public String authString (URL u, String scheme, String realm);

}