HttpClient and Siteminder

[Stone, Robert]

Hi,

I'm trying to get access code for URL that is protected by Siteminder (SM). 
Elsewhere in the code I'm getting SM  cookie for the current user. Now I'm 
trying to reuse this cookie to access URL and get the access code. The problem 
is that instead of following redirect and getting actual URL I am getting 
InvalidRedirectLocationException for the redirect URL of SM agent.

Here's cookie I'm adding (truncated)
JSESSIONID=9775B7EA48F0FEE86221B80B88FB214C; SMCHALLENGE=YES; 
SMIDENTITY=OQGA6QPST1Ho82Qr...

Here's the code
                                                                                
                String allCookies = getCurrentCookies();
                                                                                
                HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
                                                                                
                client.getHttpConnectionManager().getParams()
                                                                                
                                                .setBooleanParameter(
                                                                                
                                                                                
"http.connection.stalecheck", true);

                                                                                
                HttpMethod get = new GetMethod(location);
                                                                                
                get.setFollowRedirects(true);
                                                                                
                get.getParams().setCookiePolicy(
                                                                                
                                                
CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY);
                                                                                
                get.setRequestHeader("Cookie", allCookies);
                                                                                
                int rCode = client.executeMethod(get);

And here's the exception:
org.apache.commons.httpclient.InvalidRedirectLocationException: Invalid 
redirect location: 
https://logintest.foocomm.com/siteminderagent/nocert/1224689077/smgetcred.scc?TYPE=16777217&REALM=$SM$FoonetApps%20Dev%2fTest%20[08%3a24%3a37%3a8525]&SMAUTHREASON=0&METHOD=GET&SMAGENTNAME=$SM$VIKCnIwFQBmaHrauIuaDE0Vxdt37jIIv5x3U5CdHFaRgnjYIvMJC2kStw8Ioq%2byh&TARGET=$SM$http%3a%2f%2ffoonetapps-test%2efoocomm%2ecom%2fLegalContracts%2fpages%2fcontractsHome%2exhtml

Looks like HttpClient doesn't like Siteminder URL but I am not clear why does 
client try to process it? Shouldn't it be processed and redirected  by the SM 
agent and not passed to HC at all? What am I missing?

Regards,

Bob Stone