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Diffstat (limited to 'jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/FormAuthenticator.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/FormAuthenticator.java | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/FormAuthenticator.java b/jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/FormAuthenticator.java index 7a624ddc7f..96833e1613 100644 --- a/jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/FormAuthenticator.java +++ b/jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/FormAuthenticator.java @@ -42,15 +42,16 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log; /** * FORM Authenticator. * - * The form authenticator redirects unauthenticated requests to a log page + * <p>This authenticator implements form authentication will use dispatchers to + * the login page if the {@link #__FORM_DISPATCH} init parameter is set to true. + * Otherwise it will redirect.</p> + * + * <p>The form authenticator redirects unauthenticated requests to a log page * which should use a form to gather username/password from the user and send them - * to the /j_security_check URI within the context. FormAuthentication is intended - * to be used together with the {@link SessionCachingAuthenticator} so that the - * auth results may be associated with the session. + * to the /j_security_check URI within the context. FormAuthentication uses + * {@link SessionAuthentication} to wrap Authentication results so that they + * are associated with the session.</p> * - * This authenticator implements form authentication will use dispatchers to - * the login page if the {@link #__FORM_DISPATCH} init parameter is set to true. - * Otherwise it will redirect. * */ public class FormAuthenticator extends LoginAuthenticator |