How can I open a connection to a URL that is password protected?

[David Eaves]

Title: How can I open a connection to a URL that is password protected? <slightly off topic>

I am trying to access a JSP page through a Servlet using java.net.URL and java.net.HttpURLConnection. I have done this successfully when attempting to access pages in directories that are not password protected, but am receiving a FileNotFoundException when it is in a password protected directory.

In IE and Netscape I can log into the Web Server and request the page at the same time by constructing a URL like so:

http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/index.html

When I try to use this approach in my Servlet the URL class interperets my username to be the host name.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Dave Eaves
WWW.COM