The Apache HttpComponents project is pleased to announce 4.1 GA release of HttpComponents HttpAsyncClient.
This is the first stable (GA) release of HttpAsyncClient 4.1. Notable features and enhancements included in 4.1 series are: * Support for pipelined request execution * Support for the latest HTTP state management specification (RFC 6265). Please note that the old cookie policy is still used by default for compatibility reasons. RFC 6265 compliant cookie policies need to be explicitly configured by the user. Please also note that as of next feature release support for Netscape draft, RFC 2109 and RFC 2965 cookie policies will be deprecated and disabled by default. It is recommended to use RFC 6265 compliant policies for new applications unless compatibility with RFC 2109 and RFC 2965 is required and to migrate existing applications to the default cookie policy. * Enhanced, redesigned and rewritten default SSL hostname verifier with improved RFC 2818 compliance * Default SSL hostname verifier and default cookie policy now validate certificate identity and cookie domain of origin against the public suffix list maintained by Mozilla.org <https://publicsuffix.org/list> * Authentication cache thread-safety: authentication cache used by HttpClient is now thread-safe and can be shared by multiple threads in order to re-use authentication state for subsequent requests ------------------- Download - <http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi> Release notes - <http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpasyncclient/RELEASE_NOTES-4.0.x.txt> HttpComponents site - <http://hc.apache.org/> ------------------- About Apache HttpAsyncClient Although the java.net package provides basic functionality for accessing resources via HTTP, it doesn't provide the full flexibility or functionality needed by many applications. HttpAsyncClient seeks to fill this void by providing an efficient, up-to-date, and feature-rich package with an event-driven programming interface based on a non-blocking I/O model.
