Drop authenticate() method.

Author: gk-brown

README.md

@@ -240,15 +240,6 @@ The connection is opened via a data source identified by `getDataSourceName()`,
 
 Auto-commit is disabled so an entire request will be processed within a single transaction. If the request completes successfully, the transaction is committed. Otherwise, it is rolled back.
 
-### Authentication
-Services that require authentication can override the following method, which returns `true` by default:
-
-```java
-protected boolean authenticate(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) { ... }
-```
-
-If this method returns `false`, the requested operation will not be performed.
-
 ### Request and Repsonse Properties
 The following methods provide access to the request and response objects associated with the current invocation:
 

kilo-server/src/main/java/org/httprpc/kilo/WebService.java

@@ -845,11 +845,7 @@ protected void service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
             setConnection(connection);
 
             try {
-                if (authenticate(request, response)) {
-                    invoke(request, response);
-                }
-
-                response.flushBuffer();
+                invoke(request, response);
 
                 if (connection != null) {
                     if (response.getStatus() / 100 == 2) {
@@ -915,22 +911,6 @@ protected String getDataSourceName() {
         return null;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Authenticates a service request.
-     *
-     * @param request
-     * The HTTP servlet request.
-     *
-     * @param response
-     * The HTTP servlet response.
-     *
-     * @return
-     * {@code true} if the request was authenticated; {@code false}, otherwise.
-     */
-    protected boolean authenticate(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Invokes a service method.
      *