net.webpdf.ant.task.credentials

Class CredentialsFactory

java.lang.Object

net.webpdf.ant.task.credentials.CredentialsFactory

public class CredentialsFactory
extends Object

This class creates usable Credentials, that authenticate a user during a webPDF webservice call.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static org.apache.http.auth.Credentials	produceCredentials(org.apache.tools.ant.Task credentialTask) This Method shall attempt to produce a usable credential instance from a given credentials task.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

produceCredentials

public static org.apache.http.auth.Credentials produceCredentials(org.apache.tools.ant.Task credentialTask)
                                                           throws org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException

This Method shall attempt to produce a usable credential instance from a given credentials task. If said task is not known by this factory, it will return null instead.

Parameters:

credentialTask - The task that shall contain all authentication information.

Returns:

A credentials instance, that may be used to authenticate a user during calls to the webPDF webservices.

Throws:

org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException - Shall be thrown if the task is an instance of a valid credentials task type, but did contain invalid information.