Hi Raymond, Thanks for your input.
Can you please explain "it's about performing scalable http requests on web servers"? Can you also point me to the documentation or a sample application that help me compare the performance? Jiggy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Kroeker Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 PM To: HttpClient User Discussion Subject: Re: JDK vs HttpClient Hi Jiggy, Http client isn't about opening connections; it's about performing scalable http requests on web servers. Try writing a sample to actually do this and you will quickly discover the value that http client provides. Raymond On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 06:32, Jignesh Malkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am trying to find the reasons to use HttpClient over JDK if app is > running in JDK 1.5 or higher. > > Keep in mind most production environments allow users to access URL only > on port 80/443. Most proxies will not allow going through any other > ports. > > > > Following line of code using JDK does all the magic including proxy > detection, authentication if required. It even does NTLM Authenticate > without prompting. > > > > URL url = new URL( myUrl ); > > // Try to set header values to improve PROXY performance > > // These are unnecessary for direct access, but don't hurt > > URLConnection con = url.openConnection(); > > con.setRequestProperty("Connection","keep-alive"); > > > > > > Can anyone tell me why should I go through so much extra lines of code > and adding new third party JARs like HttpClient when this functionality > is available in JDK since version 1.4.2? > > > > > > Jiggy. > > -- --------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Kroeker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
