Brian, This feature is available in HttpClient 3.0 only:
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10794 Please note, though, that HttpClient 3.0 is still in an early alpha state Oleg -----Original Message----- From: Russell, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Supplying Credentials only when needed. I am using http client 2.0 I have managed to use the NTCredentials to successfully authenticate with an NTLM proxy, by providing the credentials to the HttpState Credentials proxyCred = new NTCredentials(loggedInUserName,userPassword,"",domainName); client.getState().setProxyCredentials(null,proxyCred); This is all very well where I know for sure that there is an NTLM proxy in place, and I can prompt the user for their Windows logon details, and provide an instance of a Credentials object which is an NTCredentials. My application, however, needs to cater for various environments, where there may be no proxies, proxies authenticating by IP address, proxies using Basic authentication etc etc. Is it possible for httpclient to inform its caller when it encounters a challenge, and to indicate what type of challenge it is. The caller can then decide which type of Credentials object to supply to the state? I don't know if what I am asking for exists, or if it is a new feature. Hopefully the former. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Brian. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended addressee is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, retention, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to or forward a copy of this message to the sender and delete the message, any attachments, and any copies thereof from your system. *************************************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
