Retries and proxy: HttpClients.custom().setRetryHandler(), setProxy(). You can specify a limit on the number of retries, depending on your implementation of the handler.
Try checking HttpContext for some of the others. Also, you might be able to disable chunked encoding via headers on the request. On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Nick Johnson <n...@bluejeansnet.com> wrote: > With earlier versions of Axis that used Commons-Httpclient, much > configuration was possible through setting options, but I notice on > perusing the source, that many of the options we used to use are not > available for use with HttpClient 4.x, I'm sure in part because HC does a > lot of things differently. > > Is the way to handle client customizations now to: > > 1. Extend HTTPSenderImpl and implement a getHttpClient which calls super() > and then performs client customizations > 2. Extend HTTPClient4TransportSender to provide the custom HTTPSenderImpl > in createHTTPSender() > > Specifically I need to: > > * Disable chunked coding (formerly HTTPConstants.CHUNKED) > * Disable retries (formerly via HTTPConstants.HTTP_METHOD_PARAMS) > * Configure a custom SSL context to possibly allow self-signed SSL > certificates (using our own TrustVerifier) (formerly via > HTTPConstants.CUSTOM_PROTOCOL_HANDLER) > * Use a custom Authenticator to support both NTLM and Basic > * Possibly configure a proxy server > > We used to achieve all of these settings via setting options using > HTTPConstants, but it looks like support only exists now for the > Authenticator and Proxy server settings, unless things have moved or gotten > implemented in a different way. > > I'm not averse to extending HttpSenderImpl and HTTPClient4TransportSender, > but if there's a bitter / more elegant way, I'd rather use it. > > Any advice? > > Nick >
