Commons HTTPClient

Categories:	Internet and communications
Author:	Apache Jakarta
Latest version:	3.1 Alpha 1
Description:	Package implementing the client side of the HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 standards and recommendations. Features include: - Implementation of all HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS, and TRACE) in an extensible OO framework. - Supports encryption with HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) protocol. - Granular non-standards configuration and tracking. - Transparent connections through HTTP proxies. - Tunneled HTTPS connections through HTTP proxies, via the CONNECT method. - Transparent connections through SOCKS proxies (version 4 & 5) using native Java socket support. - Authentication using Basic, Digest and the encrypting NTLM (NT Lan Manager) methods. - Plug-in mechanism for custom authentication methods. - Multi-Part form POST for uploading large files. - Pluggable secure sockets implementations. - Connection management support for use in multi-threaded applications. - Request output streams and response input streams. - Persistent connections using KeepAlive in HTTP/1.0 and persistance in HTTP/1.1.
Added:	2005-06-29
Updated:	2006-07-04
Attributes:	[BuiltForJava] [Library] [FreeVersionAvailable] [SourceCodeProvided]