sslfilter/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/http/sslfilter/internal/SslFilter.java

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package org.apache.felix.http.sslfilter.internal;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

public class SslFilter implements Filter
{

    // request header indicating an SSL endpoint proxy
    private static final String X_FORWARD_SSL_HEADER = "X-Forwarded-SSL";

    // value indicating an SSL endpoint proxy
    private static final String X_FORWARD_SSL_VALUE = "on";

    public void init(FilterConfig config)
    {
    }

    public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain) throws IOException,
        ServletException
    {

        HttpServletRequest httpReq = (HttpServletRequest) req;

        if (X_FORWARD_SSL_VALUE.equalsIgnoreCase(httpReq.getHeader(X_FORWARD_SSL_HEADER)))
        {
            httpReq = new SslFilterRequest(httpReq);
        }

        chain.doFilter(httpReq, res);
    }

    public void destroy()
    {
    }

}