Implement authorization header parsing

Basic HTTP authorization according to RFC 2617 is implemented.
Added an example of its usage with REST handler.

examples/basic_auth/src/basic_auth_app.erl

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+%% Feel free to use, reuse and abuse the code in this file.
+
+%% @private
+-module(basic_auth_app).
+-behaviour(application).
+
+%% API.
+-export([start/2]).
+-export([stop/1]).
+
+%% API.
+
+start(_Type, _Args) ->
+	Dispatch = [
+		{'_', [
+			{[], toppage_handler, []}
+		]}
+	],
+	{ok, _} = cowboy:start_http(http, 100, [{port, 8080}], [
+		{env, [{dispatch, Dispatch}]}
+	]),
+	basic_auth_sup:start_link().
+
+stop(_State) ->
+	ok.