How to use GWT-RPC proxies with HTTP Basic authentication

[nicolas.deloof]

Hello

My GWT (1.5RC1) application starts by asking user credentials. All GWT-
RPC calls need to pass them as HTTP Basic authentication to the server
for security purpose.

I've noticed the RequestBuilder.setUser() and setPassword() methods,
but don't know how to use them from a GWT-rpc proxy. Is there any
interface the proxy implements I can use to set them ? Any global
attribute all proxies will use ?

Best regards,
Nicolas

[Jason Essington]

rather than returning void in your async interface, return
RequestBuilder. then when you call your method, you'll receive the
request builder, which you can then set the user and password, and
fire the request yourself.

-jason

[walden]

Just a note here that if you would let your server issue the
authentication challenge, and let your user login with the browser's
login dialog, then the rest would be seamless and transparent to you,
as the credentials would automatically be tacked on to each RPC (or
other) request you make subsequently.

Walden