code: /** 
   * Make a GET request with basic authentication specified
   * @throws Exception
   */
  @Test public void basicAuthentication() throws Exception {
    final AtomicReference<String> user=new AtomicReference<String>();
    final AtomicReference<String> password=new AtomicReference<String>();
    handler=new RequestHandler(){
      @Override public void handle(    Request request,    HttpServletResponse response){
        String auth=request.getHeader("Authorization");
        auth=auth.substring(auth.indexOf(' ') + 1);
        try {
          auth=B64Code.decode(auth,CHARSET_UTF8);
        }
   catch (      UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
          throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
        int colon=auth.indexOf(':');
        user.set(auth.substring(0,colon));
        password.set(auth.substring(colon + 1));
        response.setStatus(HTTP_OK);
      }
    }
  ;
    assertTrue(get(url).basic("user","p4ssw0rd").ok());
    assertEquals("user",user.get());
    assertEquals("p4ssw0rd",password.get());
  }
  