private HttpClient getHttpClient(final UsernamePasswordToken usernamePasswordToken) {
// risky, but we must blindly assume it is
final DefaultHttpClient client = (DefaultHttpClient) hc4Provider.createHttpClient();
if (usernamePasswordToken != null) {
final List<String> authorisationPreference = new ArrayList<String>(2);
authorisationPreference.add(AuthPolicy.DIGEST);
authorisationPreference.add(AuthPolicy.BASIC);
final Credentials credentials =
new UsernamePasswordCredentials(
usernamePasswordToken.getUsername(),
String.valueOf(usernamePasswordToken.getPassword()));
client.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, credentials);
client.getParams().setParameter(AuthPNames.TARGET_AUTH_PREF, authorisationPreference);
}
return client;
}
public RepositoryMetadata readRemoteRepositoryMetadata(final String url)
throws MetadataHandlerException, IOException {
final Hc4RawTransport hc4RawTransport =
new Hc4RawTransport(hc4Provider.createHttpClient(), url);
return repositoryMetadataHandler.readRepositoryMetadata(hc4RawTransport);
}
