private Header spnegoAuthenticate( boolean stripPort, URI uri ) throws Exception { SPNegoSchemeFactory spNegoSchemeFactory = new SPNegoSchemeFactory( stripPort ); // using newInstance method instead of create method to be compatible httpclient library from 4.2 to 4.5 // the create method was introduced at version 4.3 SPNegoScheme spNegoScheme = (SPNegoScheme) spNegoSchemeFactory.newInstance( null ); spNegoScheme.processChallenge( AUTHENTICATE_HEADER ); return spNegoScheme.authenticate( credentials, new HttpGet( "" ), getContext( uri ) ); }