net.environmatics.acs.accessor.interfaces

Interface AuthenticationMethod

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnonymousAuthenticationMethod, PasswordAuthenticationMethod, SessionAuthenticationMethod, WASAuthenticationMethod

public interface AuthenticationMethod

Represents a authentication method for authentication on a WSS. This interface defines the basic methods that all AuthenticationMethods have in common.

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Author:

abonitz

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.dom4j.Element	asDOM4jElement() XML representation of the authentication method as DOM4j Element.
org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair[]	asNameValue() Returns the specific POST payload for authentication to an WSS.
String	asText() Textual representation of the authentication method.

Method Detail

asNameValue

org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair[] asNameValue()

Returns the specific POST payload for authentication to an WSS.

Returns:

payload for POST transfer

asText

String asText()

Textual representation of the authentication method.

Returns:

String: "Authentication Method: $method - Method URN: $URN"

asDOM4jElement

org.dom4j.Element asDOM4jElement()

XML representation of the authentication method as DOM4j Element.

Returns:

Element containing all authentication data