Jakarta EE 9 compatibile version of BasicAuthHttpConnectionFactory

[wilkinsona]

In Jakarata EE 9, the JAX-B API moves into the jakarta.xml.bind package space. Currently, BasicAuthHttpConnectionFactory uses javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter which is not available in a Jakarta EE 9 environment. If you only support Java 8 and later, switching to java.util.Base64 would allow the same code to work with both Jakarta EE 8 and Jakarta EE 9.

[dhoard]

client_java maintains support from 1.6+. I have created a PR to use an embedded Base64 implementation, #698, which would remove the JAX-B API dependency, but it's hasn't been accepted.

Your only current option would be to fork and change the code or merge my PR.

[fstab]

@dhoard sorry for not getting back to your PR for so long. I'm reviewing it now.

[dhoard]

@wilkinsona This should be resolved with the merge of #698

[wilkinsona]

I saw that, thank you. I'm not sure how the team manage their issue tracker so I'll leave the issue open for them to action as they see fit.

[fstab]

Thanks @dhoard! Closing this now :)