The Apache Software Foundation
The Apache HttpComponents project is pleased to announce the release of HttpComponents HttpClient 4.1-alpha2. This release fixes a number of non-severe bugs discovered since the last release and introduces support for several frequently requested features:
* HTTP/1.1 response caching
* transparent support for host multihoming
* a mechanism to bypass the standard certificate trust verification (useful when dealing with self-signed certificates)
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Download -
<http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi>
Release notes -
<http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES.txt>
HttpComponents site -
<http://hc.apache.org/>
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About Apache HttpClient
Although the java.net package provides basic functionality for accessing resources via HTTP, it doesn't provide the full flexibility or functionality needed by many applications. HttpClient seeks to fill this
void by providing an efficient, up-to-date, and feature-rich package implementing the client side of the most recent HTTP standards and recommendations.
Designed for extension while providing robust support for the base HTTP protocol, HttpClient may be of interest to anyone building HTTP-aware client applications such as web browsers, web service clients, or systems that leverage or extend the HTTP protocol for distributed communication.