* @throws URISyntaxException if the URI is malformed
     */
    protected URI getBaseUri(final String currentUrl, final String baseHref) throws URISyntaxException {
        if (baseHref != null) {
            return getURI(currentUrl, baseHref);
        }
        return URI.create(currentUrl);
    }

    /**
     * Gets child URL extraction rules from configuration.
     *

                } catch (final Exception e) {
                    request.abort();
                    logger.warn("Failed to authenticate with form-based authentication: scheme={}, url={}", scheme, request.getURI(), e);
                } finally {
                    EntityUtils.consumeQuietly(httpEntity);
                }
            });
        });

        httpClient = closeableHttpClient;