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Configure HTTP basic authentication for JAX-RPC web services programmatically

We can configure HTTP basic authentication for JAX-RPC web services by programmatically modifying HTTP properties.

This task is one of three ways that we can configure HTTP basic authentication. We can also configure HTTP basic authentication with an assembly tool or with the console.

If we programmatically configure HTTP basic authentication, the properties are configured in the Stub or Call instance. If we choose to configure HTTP basic authentication with the console or an assembly tool, the Web Services Security binding information is modified. The values that are set programmatically take precedence over the values defined in the binding.

The HTTP basic authentication that is discussed in this topic is orthogonal to WS-Security and is distinct from basic authentication that WS-Security supports. WS-Security supports basic authentication token, not HTTP basic authentication.

Configure HTTP basic authentication programmatically with the following steps.

Set the properties in the Stub or Call instance for a Web service or a web service client. We can set properties with the following constant names: 

javax.xml.rpc.Call.USERNAME_PROPERTY
javax.xml.rpc.Call.PASSWORD_PROPERTY
javax.xml.rpc.Stub.USERNAME_PROPERTY
javax.xml.rpc.Stub.PASSWORD_PROPERTY


Example

The following code enables you to configure basic authentication programmatically: 
Properties prop = new Properties();  InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(prop);  Service service = (Service)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/service/StockQuoteService");  QName portQname = new QName("http://httpchannel.test.wsfvt.ws.ibm.com", "StockQuoteHttp");  StockQuote sq = (StockQuote)service.getPort(portQname, StockQuote.class);  ((javax.xml.rpc.Stub) sq)._setProperty(javax.xml.rpc.Stub.USERNAME_PROPERTY, "myUser");
((javax.xml.rpc.Stub) sq)._setProperty(javax.xml.rpc.Stub.PASSWORD_PROPERTY, "myPwd");


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