AuthFilter

A filter that implements authentication. Currently this filter handles only Basic Authentication, as defined by the HTTP/1.1 specification.

Inherits

The AuthFilter class inherits from the following classes:

The AuthFilter defines the following attributes:

methods

semantics: The set of methods to protect against. When undefined, the filter will protected all HTTP method, otherwise it will just protect against the given set of methods. Each method is given by its name (in upper case).
type: This attribute is a editable StringArrayAttribute.
default value: This attribute is undefined by default (so the filter will protect all methods).

realm

semantics: The realm (a.k.a. database) to use to obtain user information. Jigsaw manages a catalog of realms, allowing you to define as many of them as needed. This attribute is a realm identifier, i.e it is the symbolic name under which the realm catalog knows about it.
When undefined, the filter will not run any authentication code.
type: This attribute is an editable StringAttribute.
default value: This attribute is undefined by default.

shared-cachability

semantics: When this flag is set to true, the authentication filter will decorate replies on the way back, marking the reply as being cachable by proxies only if the proxy is willing to revalidate it.
type: This attribute is an editable BooleanAttribute.
default value: This attribute is set to false by default.

semantics: When this flag is set to true, it overrides all other settings, and mark the reply on its way back as being cachable by any cache (a private or shared cache) prvided that cache revalidates it on each access.
type: This attribute is an editable BooleanAttribute.
default value: This attribute is set to false by default.

semantics: When set to true, the filter will mark all outgoing replies it catches as being cachable, witouht even requiring revalidation.
type: This attribute is an editable BooleanAttribute.
default value: This attribute is set to false by default.

Jigsaw Team
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