Re: [xsl] HTTP authentication support

["M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:29:46 -0600, Elliotte Harold  
<elharo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Which, if any, processors support HTTP authentication in the URLs they  
> retrieve? Both for the initial document and documents retrieved by the  
> document() function?

Saxon as well as Saxon on .NET provides the ability to use a credential  
cache that is associated with an XmlUrlResolver  
(XmlUrlResolver.Credentials[1] as it relates to Saxon on .NET. Can't  
remember exactly the equivalent class for Java) and when accessing an  
external document that requires authentication will locate the specified  
URI in the credental cache of the XmlUrlResolver and use the specified  
credentials transparent to the in-process transformation file.

Of course the same is true about System.Xml.Xsl, though the day Elliotte  
Rusty Harold first embraces to then switch his focus to the .NET platform  
will be on or about the same day Microsoft not only opens the source of  
Windows and Office, but does so under the GPLv3. ;-)

Of course you can also write a custom URI resolver, but my guess is that,

1) You obviously already knew this, and
2) Your obviously after out of the box solutions, and so therefore
3) The above three lines as well as this one are a complete waste of time  
and space. ;-)

[1]  
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmlurlresolver.credentials(VS.71).aspx

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