src/org/apache/http/impl/auth/NTLMEngine.java

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 * $Date: 2008-05-24 03:42:23 -0700 (Sat, 24 May 2008) $
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package org.apache.http.impl.auth;

/**
 * Abstract NTLM authentication engine. The engine can be used to
 * generate Type1 messages and Type3 messages in response to a 
 * Type2 challenge.
 * <p/>
 * For details see <a href="http://davenport.sourceforge.net/ntlm.html">this resource</a>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
*/
public interface NTLMEngine {

    /**
     * Generates a Type1 message given the domain and workstation.
     * 
     * @param domain Optional Windows domain name. Can be <code>null</code>.
     * @param workstation Optional Windows workstation name. Can be 
     *  <code>null</code>.
     * @return Type1 message
     * @throws NTLMEngineException
     */
    String generateType1Msg(
            String domain, 
            String workstation) throws NTLMEngineException;
    
    /**
     * Generates a Type3 message given the user credentials and the 
     * authentication challenge.
     *  
     * @param username Windows user name
     * @param password Password
     * @param domain Windows domain name
     * @param workstation Windows workstation name
     * @param challenge Type2 challenge.
     * @return Type3 response.
     * @throws NTLMEngineException
     */
    String generateType3Msg(
            String username,
            String password,
            String domain, 
            String workstation,
            String challenge) throws NTLMEngineException;
    
}