Class AuthenticatorManager

src/authenticator_manager.hpp:38–62

Manages the realm -> Authenticator mapping for HTTP authentication in libprocess. Endpoints may map to a realm. Each realm may have an authenticator set here, through which all requests to matching endpoints will be authenticated.

// here, through which all requests to matching
// endpoints will be authenticated.
class AuthenticatorManager
{
public:
  AuthenticatorManager();
  ~AuthenticatorManager();

  // Sets the authenticator for the realm; this will
  // overwrite any previous authenticator for the realm.
  Future<Nothing> setAuthenticator(
      const std::string& realm,
      Owned<Authenticator> authenticator);

  // Unsets the authenticator for the realm.
  Future<Nothing> unsetAuthenticator(const std::string& realm);

  // Authenticates the request, will return None if no
  // authentication is required because there is no
  // authenticator for the realm.
  Future<Option<AuthenticationResult>> authenticate(
      const Request& request,
      const std::string& realm);

private:
  Owned<AuthenticatorManagerProcess> process;
};

} // namespace authentication {
} // namespace http {