The Apache HttpComponents project is pleased to announce 5.2-beta2 release of HttpComponents Core.
This BETA release corrects a major regression in the TLS handshake handling code introduced in the previous BETA release. This release also includes all fixes from the 5.1 (stable) branch. Please note that 5.2 upgrades the minimal JRE level to version 8 (8u251 is required). Notable changes and features included in the 5.2 series: * Upgrade to Java 8. * Improved support for TLS upgrade and HTTP protocol upgrade (async). * Improved HTTP protocol negotiation. * Improved customization of HTTP listeners (async). * Improved parsing and formatting of URI components. * Use of Java 8 date / time APIs Download - <http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi> Release notes - <http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpcore/RELEASE_NOTES-5.2.x.txt HttpComponents site - <http://hc.apache.org/> About HttpComponents Core HttpCore is a set of HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 transport components that can be used to build custom client and server side HTTP services with a minimal footprint
