The Apache HttpComponents project is pleased to announce 5.6-alpha1
release of HttpComponents HttpClient.
This is the first ALPHA release in the 5.6 release series. It adds
several features such as transport content decompression and content
compression for the async transport, support for Unix sockets,
experimental support for SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication scheme, and
Micrometer/OTel observations & metrics.
Commons Compress, Brotli codec, and ZStd codec are optional dependencies
and get wired into the execution pipeline only if present on the classpath.
Notable changes and features included in the 5.6 series:
* Unix domain socket support.
* Support for pluggable content codecs via Commons-Compress in the
classic transport (optional).
* Support for transparent content decompression and content compression
with `deflate`, `gzip`, `zstd` (optional), and `brotli` (optional)
codecs in the async transport.
* Micrometer/OTel observations & metrics (optinal).
* Off-lock connection disposal by the classic pooling connection
manager. Experimental.
* SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication scheme (RFC 7804). Experimental.
* Request Priority support (RFC 9218). Experimental.
Compatibility notes:
* As of this version, HttpClient uses BUILTIN HostnameVerificationPolicy
by default, delegating host verification to JSSE security manager. One
must explicitly configure the TLS strategy to continue using the
hostname verifier shipped with HttpClient.
* Five-second TCP keep-alive is now enabled by default.
Download - <http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi>
Release notes -
<https://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES-5.6.x.txt
HttpComponents site - <http://hc.apache.org/>
About HttpComponents HttpClient
The Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is perhaps the most significant
protocol used on the Internet today. Web services, network-enabled
appliances and the growth of network computing continue to expand the
role of the HTTP protocol beyond user-driven web browsers, while
increasing the number of applications that require HTTP support.
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.
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