我刚刚尝试了您的代码示例(针对一个简单的启用基本身份验证的 URL),它工作正常 - 这是来自 HttpClient 的日志 - 为简洁起见有点简化:
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,700 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.c.protocol.RequestAddCookies - CookieSpec selected: best-match
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,710 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.c.protocol.RequestAuthCache - Auth cache not set in the context
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,728 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.impl.execchain.MainClientExec - Opening connection {}->http://localhost:8080
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,730 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.c.HttpClientConnectionManager - Connecting to localhost/127.0.0.1:8080
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,731 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.impl.execchain.MainClientExec - Executing request GET /spring-security-mvc-basic-auth/homepage.html HTTP/1.1
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,731 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.impl.execchain.MainClientExec - Target auth state: UNCHALLENGED
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,731 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.impl.execchain.MainClientExec - Proxy auth state: UNCHALLENGED
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,732 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 >> GET /spring-security-mvc-basic-auth/homepage.html HTTP/1.1
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,732 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 >> Host: localhost:8080
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,732 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 >> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.3.1 (java 1.5)
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,735 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,735 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,735 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=B8E6D0D7DE0C99991A74E9B2E4EA68AE; Path=/spring-security-mvc-basic-auth/; HttpOnly
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,735 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Baeldung"
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,735 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Content-Length: 75
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,735 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 10:43:19 GMT
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,738 [main] DEBUG o.a.http.impl.auth.HttpAuthenticator - Authentication required
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,738 [main] DEBUG o.a.http.impl.auth.HttpAuthenticator - localhost:8080 requested authentication
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,738 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Authentication schemes in the order of preference: [negotiate, Kerberos, NTLM, Digest, Basic]
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,738 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for negotiate authentication scheme not available
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,738 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for Kerberos authentication scheme not available
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,738 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for NTLM authentication scheme not available
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,738 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for Digest authentication scheme not available
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,745 [main] DEBUG o.a.http.impl.auth.HttpAuthenticator - Selected authentication options: [BASIC]
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,746 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.impl.execchain.MainClientExec - Executing request GET /spring-security-mvc-basic-auth/homepage.html HTTP/1.1
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,746 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.impl.execchain.MainClientExec - Target auth state: CHALLENGED
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,746 [main] DEBUG o.a.http.impl.auth.HttpAuthenticator - Generating response to an authentication challenge using basic scheme
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,747 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.impl.execchain.MainClientExec - Proxy auth state: UNCHALLENGED
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,747 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 >> GET /spring-security-mvc-basic-auth/homepage.html HTTP/1.1
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,747 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 >> Host: localhost:8080
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,747 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 >> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.3.1 (java 1.5)
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,747 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 >> Authorization: Basic dXNlcjE6dXNlcjFQYXNz
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,750 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << HTTP/1.1 200 OK
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,750 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,750 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=C03FD4EB1421A4C3A003ADC895D49599; Path=/spring-security-mvc-basic-auth/; HttpOnly
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,750 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Content-Type: text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,750 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Content-Language: en-US
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,751 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Content-Length: 96
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,751 [main] DEBUG org.apache.http.headers - http-outgoing-0 << Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 10:43:19 GMT
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,751 [main] DEBUG o.a.http.impl.auth.HttpAuthenticator - Authentication succeeded
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,751 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Caching 'basic' auth scheme for http://localhost:8080
web - 2014-01-04 12:43:19,760 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.c.p.ResponseProcessCookies - Cookie accepted: "[version: 0][name: JSESSIONID][value: C03FD4EB1421A4C3A003ADC895D49599][domain: localhost][path: /spring-security-mvc-basic-auth/][expiry: null]".
所以 - 简单地说:
- 服务器确实挑战初始请求
- HttpClient 识别基本身份验证方案并正确响应挑战
- 此时服务器会提供预期的200 OK
您使用的 REST 服务可能实际上并未使用基本身份验证。您可以尝试粘贴完整的 HttpClient 日志以更好地诊断问题。
希望对您有所帮助。