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## org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth
Class AuthChallengeProcessor

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthChallengeProcessor

    public final class AuthChallengeProcessor

extends Object

This class provides utility methods for processing HTTP www and proxy authentication challenges.

Since:
  3.0
Author:
  Oleg Kalnichevski

Constructor Summary
`AuthChallengeProcessor(HttpParams params)` Creates an authentication challenge processor with the given `HTTP parameters`

Method Summary
`AuthScheme` | `processChallenge(AuthState state, Map challenges)` Processes the given collection of challenges and updates the `state` of the authentication process.
`AuthScheme` | `selectAuthScheme(Map challenges)` Determines the preferred `authentication scheme` that can be used to respond to the given collection of challenges.

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

Constructor Detail

### AuthChallengeProcessor

    public AuthChallengeProcessor(HttpParams params)

  Creates an authentication challenge processor with the given `HTTP parameters`

  Parameters:
    `params` - the `HTTP parameters` used by this processor

Method Detail

### selectAuthScheme

    public AuthScheme selectAuthScheme(Map challenges)
                                throws AuthChallengeException

  Determines the preferred `authentication scheme` that can be used to respond to the given collection of challenges.

  Parameters:
    `challenges` - the collection of authentication challenges
  Returns:
    the preferred `authentication scheme`
  Throws:
    `AuthChallengeException` - if the preferred authentication scheme cannot be determined or is not supported

### processChallenge

    public AuthScheme processChallenge(AuthState state,
                                       Map challenges)
                                throws MalformedChallengeException,
                                       AuthenticationException

  Processes the given collection of challenges and updates the `state` of the authentication process.

  Parameters:
    `challenges` - the collection of authentication challenges
  Returns:
    the `authentication scheme` used to process the challenge
  Throws:
    `AuthChallengeException` - if authentication challenges cannot be successfully processed or the preferred authentication scheme cannot be determined
    `MalformedChallengeException`
    `AuthenticationException`

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