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+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2014 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.fcgi.server.proxy;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import javax.servlet.DispatcherType;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.ContentResponse;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TryFilesFilterTest
+{
+    private Server server;
+    private ServerConnector connector;
+    private ServerConnector sslConnector;
+    private HttpClient client;
+    private String forwardPath;
+
+    public void prepare(HttpServlet servlet) throws Exception
+    {
+        server = new Server();
+        connector = new ServerConnector(server);
+        server.addConnector(connector);
+
+        SslContextFactory sslContextFactory = new SslContextFactory();
+        sslContextFactory.setEndpointIdentificationAlgorithm("");
+        sslContextFactory.setKeyStorePath("src/test/resources/keystore.jks");
+        sslContextFactory.setKeyStorePassword("storepwd");
+        sslContextFactory.setTrustStorePath("src/test/resources/truststore.jks");
+        sslContextFactory.setTrustStorePassword("storepwd");
+        sslConnector = new ServerConnector(server, sslContextFactory);
+        server.addConnector(sslConnector);
+
+        ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler(server, "/");
+
+        FilterHolder filterHolder = context.addFilter(TryFilesFilter.class, "/*", EnumSet.of(DispatcherType.REQUEST));
+        forwardPath = "/index.php";
+        filterHolder.setInitParameter(TryFilesFilter.FILES_INIT_PARAM, "$path " + forwardPath + "?p=$path");
+
+        context.addServlet(new ServletHolder(servlet), "/*");
+
+        client = new HttpClient(sslContextFactory);
+        server.addBean(client);
+
+        server.start();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void dispose() throws Exception
+    {
+        server.stop();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testHTTPSRequestIsForwarded() throws Exception
+    {
+        final String path = "/one/";
+        prepare(new HttpServlet()
+        {
+            @Override
+            protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException
+            {
+                Assert.assertTrue("https".equalsIgnoreCase(req.getScheme()));
+                Assert.assertTrue(req.isSecure());
+                Assert.assertEquals(forwardPath, req.getRequestURI());
+                Assert.assertTrue(req.getQueryString().endsWith(path));
+            }
+        });
+
+        ContentResponse response = client.newRequest("localhost", sslConnector.getLocalPort())
+                .scheme("https")
+                .path(path)
+                .send();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
+    }
+}