Class Authenticator

include/process/authenticator.hpp:103–127

* The Authenticator interface allows us to implement different * authenticators based on the scheme (e.g. Basic, Digest, SPNEGO). */

 * authenticators based on the scheme (e.g. Basic, Digest, SPNEGO).
 */
class Authenticator
{
public:
  virtual ~Authenticator() {}

  /**
   * Authenticates the given HTTP request.
   *
   * NOTE: Libprocess does not perform any timeout handling of
   * the returned future, it is thus required that this future
   * is satisfied within a finite amount of time! Otherwise,
   * the socket will be remain open indefinitely!
   */
  // TODO(arojas): Add support for per-connection authentication.
  // Note that passing the socket is dangerous here because the
  // authenticator may hold a copy preventing the reference
  // counted socket from being closed.
  virtual Future<AuthenticationResult> authenticate(
      const Request& request) = 0;

  /**
   * Returns the name of the authentication scheme implemented.
   */
  virtual std::string scheme() const = 0;
};


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