code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jakarta/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest.html#authenticate-jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse-">authenticate</a></span>(<a href="../../../jakarta/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse.html" title="interface in jakarta.servlet.http">HttpServletResponse</a>&nbsp;response)</code>
<div class="block">Use the container login mechanism configured for the <code>ServletContext</code> to authenticate the user making this