Abstract HTTP basic authentication servlet class

The gw.servlet.AbstractBasicAuthenticationServlet class extends AbstractGWAuthServlet to support HTTP Basic authentication.

Your main task is to override the method for the HTTP request that your servlet handles to do your required work. PolicyCenter authenticates using the HTTP basic authentication headers before calling this method.

Also, override the isAuthenticationRequired method and return true if this request requires authentication. You can use methods on the ServletUtils class to check the current authentication status of the session.

You can implement the following HTTP methods in your servlet class that extends the AbstractBasicAuthenticationServlet class:

• doDelete – Handles an HTTP DELETE request.
• doGet – Handles an HTTP GET request.
• doPost – Handles an HTTP POST request.
• doPut – Handles an HTTP PUT request.

For full documentation on the HTTPServlet class, refer to this Oracle Javadoc page:

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/javax/servlet/http/HttpServlet.html