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== Noncompliant Code Example

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// Using HttpPost from Apache HttpClient
String encoding = Base64Encoder.encode ("login:passwd");
org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
httppost.setHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + encoding);  // Noncompliant

or 

// Using HttpURLConnection
String encoding = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(("login:passwd").getBytes(‌"UTF‌​-8"​));
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setDoOutput(true);
conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encoding); // Noncompliant
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