container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/NonLoginAuthenticator.java

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package org.apache.catalina.authenticator;


import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.catalina.connector.Request;
import org.apache.catalina.connector.Response;
import org.apache.catalina.deploy.LoginConfig;



/**
 * An <b>Authenticator</b> and <b>Valve</b> implementation that checks
 * only security constraints not involving user authentication.
 *
 * @author Craig R. McClanahan
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */

public final class NonLoginAuthenticator
    extends AuthenticatorBase {


    // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance Variables


    /**
     * Descriptive information about this implementation.
     */
    private static final String info =
        "org.apache.catalina.authenticator.NonLoginAuthenticator/1.0";


    // ------------------------------------------------------------- Properties


    /**
     * Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.
     */
    public String getInfo() {

        return (info);

    }


    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods


    /**
     * Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified
     * login configuration.  Return <code>true</code> if any specified
     * constraint has been satisfied, or <code>false</code> if we have
     * created a response challenge already.
     *
     * @param request Request we are processing
     * @param response Response we are creating
     * @param config    Login configuration describing how authentication
     *              should be performed
     *
     * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs
     */
    public boolean authenticate(Request request,
                                Response response,
                                LoginConfig config)
        throws IOException {

        /*  Associating this request's session with an SSO would allow
            coordinated session invalidation, but should the session for
            a webapp that the user didn't log into be invalidated when
            another session is logged out?
        String ssoId = (String) request.getNote(Constants.REQ_SSOID_NOTE);
        if (ssoId != null)
            associate(ssoId, getSession(request, true));
        */
        
        if (container.getLogger().isDebugEnabled())
            container.getLogger().debug("User authentication is not required");
        return (true);


    }


}