How do I consume a web service protected with HTTP basic authentication using the CXF framework?

Question

I tried to get it to work using the CXF User Guide, but I\'ve had no luck.

I\'m trying to call the web service using java code.

Answer 1

This is covered by the JAX-WS Specification. Basically, set the username/password as properties on the request context:

((BindingProvider)proxy).getRequestContext().put(
    BindingProvider.USERNAME_PROPERTY, "joe");
((BindingProvider)proxy).getRequestContext().put(
    BindingProvider.PASSWORD_PROPERTY, "pswd");

The runtime puts them into the HTTP header.