Hi,
Oh, I just found "ClientRequestContext.abortWith(Response)"!!! I think
that's exactly what I'm looking for (and quick initial testing looks
positive).
Maarten
On 2015-03-03 14:12, Maarten Boekhold wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to implement a custom authentication scheme by writing
> ClientRequestFilter/ClientResponseFilter implementations. As part of
> the 'flow' that I would like to implement, I need to do an additional
> request inside the ClientRequestFilter.filter() method, and based on
> the result of that request, I need to 'repeat' the original request.
> I'm struggling a bit with how to ensure the original caller should get
> back the proper response. "proper response" in this case is:
>
> * If the additional request failed, return the response of that
> additional request
> * Otherwise return the response of the "repeat" request
>
> Since ClientRequestFilter doesn't allow me to manipulate any response
> object yet, I think I need to somehow need to delegate the additional
> request to the ClientResponseFilter.filter() methd. I'm struggling a
> bit on how to do this. What I'm thinking of right now is something like:
>
> * Clone the original ClientRequestContext
> * Replace the original ClientRequestContext with the additional
> request (a special login call), and store the cloned
> ClientRequestContext on the modified ClientRequestContext
> * In ClientRequestFilter.filter(), handle the response of the
> modified ClientRequestContext, and based on that response either
> directly return the result of the modified ClientRequestContext
> (in case of login error), or 'play' the cloned
> ClientRequestContext and then update the ClientResponseContext
> with the response of the 'repeat request'.
>
> I know how to do the first and third steps, but I'm having some
> trouble figuring out how to modify the original ClientRequestContext
> to do a completely different type of request (POST of an
> APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_TYPE form).
>
> Questions:
> (1) does this approach look OK?
> (2) if so, how can I implement that second step?
>
> Maarten
>