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    public HashMap respondToRequest() throws IOException {
        readHead();
        String request = getHead();

        if ((getState() != null) && (getState().get("state") != null)) {
            setBody((byte[]) getState().get("state"));
        }

        parseRequest(request);

        if (headerFields.containsKey("Content-Length")) {
            setBody((addSpacesAroundEqualsSigns(readBody(Integer.parseInt(headerFields.get("Content-Length").toString())))).getBytes());
        }

        HashMap output = new HashMap();

        if (headerFields.containsKey("Authorization") || ("/logs".equals(getRoute()))){
            output.put("Authorization", headerFields.get("Authorization"));

            if(!(output.get("Authorization") != null && output.get("Authorization").equals("Basic YWRtaW46aHVudGVyMg=="))){
                setBody(" 401\r\n\r\nAuthentication required".getBytes());
            } else if(output.get("Authorization").equals("Basic YWRtaW46aHVudGVyMg==")){
                setBody(" 200 OK\r\n\r\nGET /log HTTP/1.1\nPUT /these HTTP/1.1\nHEAD /requests HTTP/1.1".getBytes());
            }
        }

        String route = getRoute();
        String method = getHttpMethod();
        byte[] body = getBody();
        Router router = new Router();

        byte[] outputMessage = router.respondToRouteRequest(method, route, body);

        HashMap newState = new HashMap();
        newState.put("state", body);
        newState.put("requests", request);

        output.put("message", outputMessage);
        output.put("state", newState);

        return output;
    }