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Welcome to the old HttpComponents Wiki

The information contained in this Wiki is being moved to the new HttpComponents Wiki. We apologize for the inconveniences during the transition.

This wiki provides additional documentation for HttpClient and HttpComponents. Formal documentation is available from the HttpComponents website. Users are encouraged to contribute information to the new wiki that may be useful to others.

The HttpComponents Wiki is a part of the big Apache Wiki Farm.

Table of Contents

• Users

  1. HttpClientPowered A list of applications that use HttpClient

  2. Client HTTP Programming Primer

  3. Guided Tour of HttpCore Overview documentation for HttpComponents Core

  4. Application Design FAQ

  5. Connection Management FAQ What is TIME_WAIT etc

  6. JSSE Implementations Links to JSSE implementations for HTTPS connectivity

  7. NTLM FAQ

• Development

  1. WebSite - How to update and deploy the HttpComponents website

  2. Commons HttpClient 3.x release process - How to cut and publish a release of Commons HttpClient 3.x

  3. HttpComponents Core release process - How to cut and publish a release of HttpComponents Core

  4. HttpClientApiJavadocGuidelines - API JavaDoc guidelines for HttpComponents

  5. ConnectionManagementDesign - Design considerations for connection management in HttpComponents

  6. HttpComponentsAndOSGi - Generating OSGi bundles for our modules

  7. ReferenceMaterials - Links to relevant standards

• Benchmarks

  1. HttpClient3vsHttpClient4vsHttpCore - HttpClient 3.x vs HttpClient 4.x vs HttpCore 4.x performance benchmarks

• Formalities

  1. Board Reports