Configure HTTP Basic Authentication with SecureString

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Demonstrates Rest.SetAuthBasicSecure, which configures HTTP Basic authentication using SecureString objects instead of plaintext strings.

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.SecureString;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Rest rest = new Rest();
        boolean bTls = true;
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        try {
            rest.connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // SetAuthBasicSecure configures HTTP Basic authentication using SecureString objects, which keep
        // the credentials encrypted in memory.
        // Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
        // interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
        SecureString ssUsername = new SecureString();
        ssUsername.append("myUsername");
        SecureString ssPassword = new SecureString();
        ssPassword.append("myPassword");

        String responseText;
        try {
            rest.setAuthBasicSecure(ssUsername, ssPassword);

            responseText = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET", "/api/protected");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(responseText);
    }
}