Patson <patson.luk <at> timesearchinc.com> writes:
>
> Hi all. I have started using restlet since last month and am impressed with
the
> simplicity it offers.
>
> However, I bumped into a problem with using Guards earlier and could not
figure
> out a good way to get around it.
>
> Basically I have one Restlet "TestRestlet" that handles both GET and POST
> requests. However, they have different URI patterns.
>
> For example, GET request would have pattern of /testGet/user/{userId}
> and POST request would have pattern of /testPost
>
> Hence if I type http://localhost:8080/testGet/user/ABC, the request would be
> mapped to the GET handling of the TestRestlet and it would return, say a
form in
> html format and the use can click submit on that form which points to
> http://localhost:8080/testPost
>
> I have one single Guard:
>
> Guard testGuard= new TestGuard(getContext()
> , ChallengeScheme.HTTP_BASIC
> , "test Access Control"; //my TestGuard class, same as
Guard...
> Restlet testRestlet = new TestRestlet(getContext());
> testGuard.setNext(testRestlet);
> router.attach("/testGet/user/{userId}", testGuard);
> router.attach("/testPost", testGuard);
>
> Now, if I access /testGet/user/ABC, it would ask me for authentication (401
> response), which is fine. After I input the user name and password, it would
> then return the html form which points to /testPost (which is fine too).
Now, if
> I submit that form, I would get 401 response again...and the web browser
> obviously was confused (keep saying loading) and its stuck.
>
> My expectation is that the server should not give 401 status code the 2nd
time
> (since it has already authenticated on the GET request and they are sharing
the
> same Guard). The funny part is that if I change the pattern
> "/testGet/user/{userId}" into just "/testGet" then all goes fine...
>
> I am not sure if its a bug or if its some stupid problem that I made...can
> anyone plz gimme some pointers plz?
>
> The Restlet jar I am using is the version 3.1 one. The server is the Simple
> server and Simple Framework.
>
> Many thanks in advance!!!
>
>
Hi Jerome,
Many thanks for the reply! I have tried to removed the spaces in the
authentication realm name but still no luck. Anyway, I sent you the zipped
project in an e-mail. In order to test it:
1. Unzip and import the project (I am using eclipse)
2. Run the main class RestServer that starts the server
3. Open your browser, key in url http://localhost:8080/testGet/user/123
4. It would prompt u for authentication, simply enter something (doesnt check
anything)
5. enter something in the box and click "submit Query"
6. you will see in ur console log that another 401 response was issued by the
server, however, the broswer is unable to handle it (keeps loading)
Again, Many thanks for your help!!
