#1731 Basic authentication credentials in the URL could get lost

[Joerg Werner]

HtmlUnit supports passing the credentials for basic authentication right in the URL:

http://john.smith:secret@localhost/foo.html

However, in some edge cases the credentials could get lost before the request is actually made. This happens if the passed URL needs to be modified because of

• an empty path,
• a path with dots, or
• an internationalized domain name.

In all these cases a new URL will be created, but without the credentials from the original URL.

Attached are two patches, one that adds some new test cases and another one with a potential fix for this issue.

[RBRi]

As always, thanks for the patch.
Changes are in SVN; will update the snapshot if the build is fine.