protected boolean authorize()

in repository/service/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/cave/repository/service/maven/MavenServlet.java [159:212]
37 lines of code
9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    protected boolean authorize(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String role) throws IOException {
        if (role == null) {
            return true;
        }
        // Return immediately if the header is missing
        String authHeader = request.getHeader(HEADER_AUTHORIZATION);
        if (authHeader != null && authHeader.length() > 0) {

            // Get the authType (Basic, Digest) and authInfo (user/password)
            // from the header
            authHeader = authHeader.trim();
            int blank = authHeader.indexOf(' ');
            if (blank > 0) {
                String authType = authHeader.substring(0, blank);
                String authInfo = authHeader.substring(blank).trim();

                // Check whether authorization type matches
                if (authType.equalsIgnoreCase(AUTHENTICATION_SCHEME_BASIC)) {
                    try {
                        String srcString = base64Decode(authInfo);
                        int i = srcString.indexOf(':');
                        String username = srcString.substring(0, i);
                        String password = srcString.substring(i + 1);

                        // authenticate
                        Subject subject = doAuthenticate(username, password, role);
                        if (subject != null) {
                            // as per the spec, set attributes
                            request.setAttribute(HttpContext.AUTHENTICATION_TYPE, HttpServletRequest.BASIC_AUTH);
                            request.setAttribute(HttpContext.REMOTE_USER, username);
                            // succeed
                            return true;
                        }
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        // Ignore
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // request authentication
        try {
            response.setHeader(HEADER_WWW_AUTHENTICATE, AUTHENTICATION_SCHEME_BASIC + " realm=\"" + this.realm + "\"");
            // must response with status and flush as Jetty may report org.eclipse.jetty.server.Response Committed before 401 null
            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
            response.setContentLength(0);
            response.flushBuffer();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            // failed sending the response ... cannot do anything about it
        }

        // inform HttpService that authentication failed
        return false;
    }