com.google.gerrit.httpd

Class RemoteUserUtil

java.lang.Object

com.google.gerrit.httpd.RemoteUserUtil

public class RemoteUserUtil
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RemoteUserUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	extractUsername(String auth) Extracts username from an HTTP Basic or Digest authentication header.
static String	getRemoteUser(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req, String loginHeader) Tries to get username from a request with following strategies: ServletRequest#getRemoteUser HTTP 'Authorization' header Custom HTTP header

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RemoteUserUtil

public RemoteUserUtil()

Method Detail

getRemoteUser

public static String getRemoteUser(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req,
                                   String loginHeader)

Tries to get username from a request with following strategies:

• ServletRequest#getRemoteUser
• HTTP 'Authorization' header
• Custom HTTP header

Parameters:

req - request to extract username from.

loginHeader - name of header which is used for extracting username.

Returns:

the extracted username or null.

extractUsername

public static String extractUsername(String auth)

Extracts username from an HTTP Basic or Digest authentication header.

Parameters:

auth - header value which is used for extracting.

Returns:

username if available or null.