AuthenticationServlet (Silverpeas Core 6.4 API)

java.lang.Object
- javax.servlet.GenericServlet
- - javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
  - - org.silverpeas.core.web.mvc.webcomponent.SilverpeasHttpServlet
    - - org.silverpeas.core.web.authentication.AuthenticationServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig
```
public class AuthenticationServlet
extends SilverpeasHttpServlet
```
This servlet listens for incoming authentication requests for Silverpeas.
This servlet delegates the authentication process and the HTTP session opening in Silverpeas to the corresponding services. If the authentication and the session opening succeed, the user behind the authentication ask is redirected to its user home page. Otherwise, he's redirected to an authentication failure page (that can the login page enriched with an error message).

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.silverpeas.core.web.mvc.webcomponent.SilverpeasHttpServlet
  SilverpeasHttpServlet.HttpError, SilverpeasHttpServlet.UserSessionStatus

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AuthenticationServlet()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`doGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)`	Ask for an authentication for the user behind the incoming HTTP request.
`void`	`doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest servletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)`	Ask for an authentication for the user behind the incoming HTTP request from a form.

Methods inherited from class org.silverpeas.core.web.mvc.webcomponent.SilverpeasHttpServlet
existOpenedUserSession, forbidden, notFound, preconditionFailed, redirectOrForwardService, sendError, sendError, service, throwHttpForbiddenError, throwHttpForbiddenError, throwHttpNotFoundError, throwHttpNotFoundError, throwHttpPreconditionFailedError, throwHttpPreconditionFailedError

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
doDelete, doHead, doOptions, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet
destroy, getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletInfo, getServletName, init, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AuthenticationServlet
```
public AuthenticationServlet()
```
- Method Detail
  - doPost
```
public void doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest servletRequest,
                   javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
```
    Ask for an authentication for the user behind the incoming HTTP request from a form.
    
    Overrides:
    
    doPost in class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
    
    Parameters:
    
    servletRequest - the HTTP request.
    
    response - the HTTP response.
  - doGet
```
public void doGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
           throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                  IOException
```
    Ask for an authentication for the user behind the incoming HTTP request.
    
    Overrides:
    
    doGet in class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - the HTTP request.
    
    response - the HTTP response.
    
    Throws:
    
    javax.servlet.ServletException - if the servlet fails to answer the request.
    
    IOException - if an IO error occurs with the client.