RESTAuthenticationType (Smart GWT EE API 14.0p (2026-02-04))

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<RESTAuthenticationType>
- - com.smartgwt.client.types.RESTAuthenticationType

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValueEnum, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<RESTAuthenticationType>
```
public enum RESTAuthenticationType
extends java.lang.Enum<RESTAuthenticationType>
implements ValueEnum
```
Enumeration of the supported authentication types for the RestConnector implementation. Note, all of these authentication types are secure, but only if you use HTTPS

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant and Description
`AUTHHEADER` Use a manually-constructed HTTP Authorization header.
`BASIC` Use a "Basic" HTTP Authorization header.
`BEARERTOKEN` Use a "Bearer" HTTP Authorization header with a bearer token obtained from an OAuth 2.0 client credentials server or other auth scheme that can generate bearer tokens (also known as API tokens or API keys).

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`java.lang.String`	`getValue()`
`static RESTAuthenticationType`	`valueOf(java.lang.String name)` Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static RESTAuthenticationType[]`	`values()` Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Enum Constant Detail
  - BASIC
```
public static final RESTAuthenticationType BASIC
```
    Use a "Basic" HTTP Authorization header. Requires both a username and a password, which are combined and Base64-encoded in the HTTP request header. Note, you can also use this auth type for services that allow for Basic authentication using a combination of user and long-lived API key (ie, an API key or token that is generated by the auth server and is used instead of a password for this particular client application, but does not need to be regularly renewed)
    If this enumerated value is used in a Component XML file or server-side DataSource descriptor (.ds.xml file), use the value "basic".
  - BEARERTOKEN
```
public static final RESTAuthenticationType BEARERTOKEN
```
    Use a "Bearer" HTTP Authorization header with a bearer token obtained from an OAuth 2.0 client credentials server or other auth scheme that can generate bearer tokens (also known as API tokens or API keys). This auth type can handle both long-lived tokens, such as API keys that are generated once for an application and never change, and so-called "access tokens" that are only valid for a limited period of time - usually no more than a few hours - and must be refreshed when they expire. See RESTAuthentication.dataSource
    If this enumerated value is used in a Component XML file or server-side DataSource descriptor (.ds.xml file), use the value "bearerToken".
  - AUTHHEADER
```
public static final RESTAuthenticationType AUTHHEADER
```
    Use a manually-constructed HTTP Authorization header. This auth type requires an authentication dataSource that returns a record containing a well-formed Authorization header value in a field called "authorizationHeader" (this can be overridden, see the authentication dataSource docs mentioned above)
    If this enumerated value is used in a Component XML file or server-side DataSource descriptor (.ds.xml file), use the value "authHeader".
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static RESTAuthenticationType[] values()
```
    Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
```
for (RESTAuthenticationType c : RESTAuthenticationType.values())
    System.out.println(c);
```
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static RESTAuthenticationType valueOf(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    the enum constant with the specified name
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null
  - getValue
```
public java.lang.String getValue()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getValue in interface ValueEnum

Enum RESTAuthenticationType

Enum Constant Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Enum Constant Detail

BASIC

BEARERTOKEN

AUTHHEADER

Method Detail

values

valueOf

getValue