Configure OAuth 2.0 Authentication for REST

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Demonstrates Rest.SetAuthOAuth2, which associates an OAuth2 provider containing a valid access token so Chilkat adds the bearer token to the Authorization header.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bTls = true;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Configure OAuth 2.0 bearer-token authentication.  The provider must contain a valid access token.
    CkOAuth2 oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();
    //  Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
    //  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    oauth2.put_AccessToken("OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    //  Associate the provider so Chilkat adds the bearer token to the Authorization header.
    success = rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String responseText = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/resource");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(responseText);
  }
}