private boolean doJiraAuthentication()

in src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/jira/ClassicJiraDownloader.java [236:287]
41 lines of code
5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    private boolean doJiraAuthentication( HttpClient client, final String jiraUrl )
    {
        // log into JIRA if we have to
        String loginUrl;

        StringBuilder loginLink = new StringBuilder( jiraUrl );

        loginLink.append( "/login.jsp?os_destination=/secure/" );

        try
        {
            loginLink.append( "&os_username=" ).append( URLEncoder.encode( jiraUser, UTF_8 ) );

            String password = null;
            if ( jiraPassword != null )
            {
                password = StringUtils.repeat( "*", jiraPassword.length() );
            }
            getLog().debug( "Login URL: " + loginLink + "&os_password=" + password );

            loginLink.append( "&os_password=" ).append( URLEncoder.encode( jiraPassword, UTF_8 ) );

            loginUrl = loginLink.toString();

            // execute the login
            GetMethod loginGet = new GetMethod( loginUrl );

            client.executeMethod( loginGet );

            if ( loginSucceeded( loginGet ) )
            {
                getLog().debug( "Successfully logged in into JIRA." );
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                getLog().warn( "Was unable to login into JIRA: wrong username and/or password." );
            }
        }
        catch ( Exception e )
        {
            if ( getLog().isDebugEnabled() )
            {
                getLog().error( "Error trying to login into JIRA.", e );
            }
            else
            {
                getLog().error( "Error trying to login into JIRA. Cause is: " + e.getLocalizedMessage() );
            }
        }
        return false;
    }