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## org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth
Class RFC2617Scheme

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.RFC2617Scheme

All Implemented Interfaces:
  AuthScheme

Direct Known Subclasses:
  BasicScheme, DigestScheme

    public abstract class RFC2617Scheme

extends Object
implements AuthScheme

Abstract authentication scheme class that lays foundation for all RFC 2617 compliant authetication schemes and provides capabilities common to all authentication schemes defined in RFC 2617.

Author:
  Oleg Kalnichevski

Constructor Summary
`RFC2617Scheme()` Default constructor for RFC2617 compliant authetication schemes.
`RFC2617Scheme(String challenge)` Deprecated. Use parameterless constructor and `AuthScheme.processChallenge(String)` method

Method Summary
`String` | `getID()` Deprecated. no longer used
`String` | `getParameter(String name)` Returns authentication parameter with the given name, if available.
`protected Map` | `getParameters()` Returns authentication parameters map.
`String` | `getRealm()` Returns authentication realm.
`void` | `processChallenge(String challenge)` Processes the given challenge token.

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthScheme
`authenticate, authenticate, getSchemeName, isComplete, isConnectionBased`

Constructor Detail

### RFC2617Scheme

    public RFC2617Scheme()

  Default constructor for RFC2617 compliant authetication schemes.

  Since:
    3.0

### RFC2617Scheme

    public RFC2617Scheme(String challenge)
                  throws MalformedChallengeException

  Deprecated. Use parameterless constructor and `AuthScheme.processChallenge(String)` method

  Default constructor for RFC2617 compliant authetication schemes.

  Parameters:
    `challenge` - authentication challenge
  Throws:
    `MalformedChallengeException` - is thrown if the authentication challenge is malformed

Method Detail

### processChallenge

    public void processChallenge(String challenge)
                          throws MalformedChallengeException

  Processes the given challenge token. Some authentication schemes may involve multiple challenge-response exchanges. Such schemes must be able to maintain the state information when dealing with sequential challenges

  Specified by:
    `processChallenge` in interface `AuthScheme`
  Parameters:
    `challenge` - the challenge string
  Throws:
    `MalformedChallengeException` - is thrown if the authentication challenge is malformed
  Since:
    3.0

### getParameters

    protected Map getParameters()

  Returns authentication parameters map. Keys in the map are lower-cased.

  Returns:
    the map of authentication parameters

### getParameter

    public String getParameter(String name)

  Returns authentication parameter with the given name, if available.

  Specified by:
    `getParameter` in interface `AuthScheme`
  Parameters:
    `name` - The name of the parameter to be returned
  Returns:
    the parameter with the given name

### getRealm

    public String getRealm()

  Returns authentication realm. The realm may not be null.

  Specified by:
    `getRealm` in interface `AuthScheme`
  Returns:
    the authentication realm

### getID

    public String getID()

  Deprecated. no longer used

  Returns a String identifying the authentication challenge. This is used, in combination with the host and port to determine if authorization has already been attempted or not. Schemes which require multiple requests to complete the authentication should return a different value for each stage in the request.

  Additionally, the ID should take into account any changes to the authentication challenge and return a different value when appropriate. For example when the realm changes in basic authentication it should be considered a different authentication attempt and a different value should be returned.

  This method simply returns the realm for the challenge.

  Specified by:
    `getID` in interface `AuthScheme`
  Returns:
    String a String identifying the authentication challenge. The returned value may be null.

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