Connecting to remote URL which requires authentication using Java

Question

How do I connect to a remote URL in Java which requires authentication. I\'m trying to find a way to modify the following code to be able to programatically provide a userna

Answer 1

Since Java 9, you can do this

URL url = new URL("http://www.example.com");
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
connection.setAuthenticator(new Authenticator() {
    protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
        return new PasswordAuthentication ("USER", "PASS".toCharArray());
    }
});