Question

Im trying to reach a XML file behind a secure url. I want to unmarshall the file from a url based on a XSD binding I already have. Here is my method.

public void urlTest(String url){
    URLConnection connection = null;
    JAXBContext jc;

    try {
        String userPassword = username + ":" + password;
        String encoding = new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode(userPassword.getBytes());  
        URL add = new URL(this.url);            
        connection = add.openConnection();
        connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encoding);  
        connection.connect();

        jc = JAXBContext.newInstance("XML");
        Unmarshaller u = jc.createUnmarshaller();            
        Object o = u.unmarshal(connection.getURL());

        System.out.println("Complete");

    } catch (IOException ex) {
        Logger.getLogger(UrlDownload.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    } catch (JAXBException ex) {
        Logger.getLogger(UrlDownload.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    } 
}

I get an 401 server error from this. The username and password I pass are correct. Perhaps I’m missing something.

Answer 1

after quick scan it looks liek you are providing an URL to the unmarshaller, not the connection with Authorization.