c:import with authentication

Question

Hello Everyone
I'm trying to pull an xml file that is in protected directory.
my code looks like:
<c:catch var="caught">
    <c:url var="requestURL" value="http://superuser:superuser@localhost:8082/pumpkin_cms/docroot/pumpkin/workzone/settings.xml"></c:url>
    <c:import url="${requestURL}" varReader="xmlSource">
    <x:parse var="doc" xml="${xmlSource}" scope="page" />
    </c:import>
</c:catch>
<c:if test="${not empty caught}">
${caught.rootCause}
${caught.message}
</c:if>which results in a 401:
Problem accessing the absolute URL "http://superuser:superuser@localhost:8082/pumpkin_cms/docroot/pumpkin/workzone/settings.xml". java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://superuser:superuser@localhost:8082/pumpkin_cms/docroot/pumpkin/workzone/settings.xml
in a browser however the request works without any problem.
I did google a lot but could not find anything that would get me past this issue.
Is there someone that can help me with that?
Appreciating input highly!
Thx, Thomas
ps. jstl 1.1 / Tomcat 5.5.17 / Mac OS X / java version 1.5.0_06

Answer 1

Hello
the notation htttp://login:pass@serv/uri
is more a shortcut usually accepted than a real convention
that's why your browser connect to this url but not java...
to connect a protected url with java you must encode on base 64 the username/password couple
afaik, a such system is not implemented in JSTL