Providing Credentials to AMPS

When a client logs on to AMPS, the client sends AMPS a username and password. The username is derived from the URI, using the standard syntax for providing a username in a URI. For example, tcp://JohnDoe:@server:port/amps/messagetype to include the username JohnDoe in the request.

For a given username, the password is provided by an Authenticator. The AMPS client distribution includes a DefaultAuthenticator that simply returns the password, if any, provided in the URI. A logon() command that does not specify an Authenticator will use an instance of DefaultAuthenticator.

If your authentication system requires a different authentication token, you can implement an Authenticator that provides the appropriate token.