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The following page has been changed by OlegKalnichevski: http://wiki.apache.org/HttpComponents/HttpClientTutorial ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ == What HttpClient is NOT == - * It is not a browser. Never meant to be. Never will. + * HttpClient is NOT a browser. It is a client side HTTP transport library. HttpClient's purpose is to transmit and receive HTTP messages. HttpClient will not attempt to cache content, perform content transformation of any kind, execute javascript embedded in HTML pages, try to guess content type, or reformat request / redirect location URIs. = Fundamentals = == Request execution == + + The most essential function of HttpClient is to execute HTTP methods. Execution of an HTTP method involves one or several HTTP request / HTTP response exchanges, usually handled internally by HttpClient. The user is expected to provide a request object to execute and HttpClient is expected to transmit the request to the target server return a corresponding response object, or throw an exception if execution was unsuccessful. + + Quite naturally, the main entry point of the HttpClient API is the HttpClient interface that defines the contract described above. === HTTP requests === --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
