HttpClient Applications

- The following projects and applications use the HTTP Client + The following projects and applications use the HttpClient component.

Jakarta Slide: - An open source Web-DAV client. HTTP Client was originally + An open source Web-DAV client. HttpClient was originally created by the Slide team.
Jakarta Commons: Latka: An open source functional testing tool. +
Operator Simulation Tool: + An internal client operator simulation tool by Nortelnetworks.

1.5 +30 -9 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/contributors.xml Index: contributors.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/contributors.xml,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- contributors.xml 19 Feb 2002 04:00:29 -0000 1.4 +++ contributors.xml 19 Jul 2002 22:32:45 -0000 1.5 @@ -4,27 +4,48 @@ Contributors Commons Documentation Team Rodney Waldhoff + Jeff Dever $Id$

- The following volunteers have contributed code, documentation, testing - and support to HTTP Client. + The following volunteers have recently contributed code, documentation, + testing and support to HttpClient.

- +

Morgan Delagrange
John Evans
Ola Berg
Kyle R. Burton
Dennis Cook
Jeff Dever
Joerg Gambihler
Warren Gavin
dIon Gillard
B.C Holmes
Xiaowei Jiang
Rainer Klute
Ryan Lubke
Simon Roberts
Marc A. Saegesser
Tim Stephenson
Davanum Srinivas
Adrian Sutton
Matt Troutman
Jeff Turner
Eric van Lydegraf
Rodney Waldhoff

1.9 +4 -3 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/downloads.xml Index: downloads.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/downloads.xml,v retrieving revision 1.8 retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.8 -r1.9 --- downloads.xml 16 Jan 2002 22:46:12 -0000 1.8 +++ downloads.xml 19 Jul 2002 22:32:45 -0000 1.9 @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ - Downloads + HttpClient Downloads Commons Documentation Team Rodney Waldhoff + Jeff Dever $Id$ @@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ can be obtained here.

- The CVS repository for HTTP Client can be + The CVS repository for HttpClient can be browsed online or downloaded using a CVS client. 1.4 +4 -3 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/features.xml Index: features.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/features.xml,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 --- features.xml 4 Oct 2001 18:25:39 -0000 1.3 +++ features.xml 19 Jul 2002 22:32:45 -0000 1.4 @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ - Features + HttpClient Features Commons Documentation Team Rodney Waldhoff + Jeff Dever $Id$

- HTTP Client provides... + HttpClient provides...

1.4 +6 -5 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/index.xml Index: index.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/index.xml,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 --- index.xml 4 Oct 2001 18:25:39 -0000 1.3 +++ index.xml 19 Jul 2002 22:32:45 -0000 1.4 @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ - Home + HttpClient Home Commons Documentation Team Rodney Waldhoff + Jeff Dever $Id$ -

The Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is perhaps the most significant protocol used on the Internet today. @@ -23,14 +24,14 @@ package provides basic support for accessing resources via HTTP, it doesn't provide the full flexibility or functionality needed by many applications. - The Jakarta Commons HTTP Client component seeks to fill this void + The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component seeks to fill this void by providing an efficient, up-to-date, and feature-rich package implementing the client side of the most recent HTTP standards and recommendations.

Designed for extension while providing robust support for the - base HTTP protocol, the HTTP Client component may be of interest + base HTTP protocol, the HttpClient component 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. 1.5 +24 -8 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/news.xml Index: news.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/news.xml,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- news.xml 6 Oct 2001 00:56:17 -0000 1.4 +++ news.xml 19 Jul 2002 22:32:45 -0000 1.5 @@ -1,32 +1,48 @@ - News + HttpClient News Commons Documentation Team Rodney Waldhoff + Jeff Dever $Id$ -

The HttpClient project has go through some very active + development leading up to Alpha 1 last year, but unfortunately + lost momentum shortly after that. There is now renewed interest + and greatly increased activity on the dev-commons mailing list. + The committers and contributors are working on a new release plan + for 2.0. +

The 2.0 release plan is expected to be posted to the mailing list for + review by July 22, 2002. +

+ +

- The HTTP Client revision 2.0 alpha 1 is + The HttpClient revision 2.0 alpha 1 is available at http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/release/commons-httpclient/v2.0/.

+ +

- The HTTP Client proposal + The HttpClient proposal has been accepted by the Jakarta Commons team and the source has been moved into the CVS repository.

+ +

- HTTP Client, originally developed by the + HttpClient, originally developed by the Jakarta Slide team, has been proposed 1.7 +4 -3 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/overview.xml Index: overview.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/overview.xml,v retrieving revision 1.6 retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 --- overview.xml 15 Jan 2002 00:32:27 -0000 1.6 +++ overview.xml 19 Jul 2002 22:32:45 -0000 1.7 @@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ Overview Commons Documentation Team Rodney Waldhoff + Jeff Dever $Id$

- The HTTP Client component supports the client-side of + The HttpClient component supports the client-side of RFC 1945 (HTTP/1.0) and RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1), several related specifications @@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ applications, but whose use is not required.

- HTTP Client also provides several utilities that may be + HttpClient also provides several utilities that may be useful when extending the framework:

1.4 +11 -5 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/proposal.xml Index: proposal.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/proposal.xml,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 --- proposal.xml 4 Oct 2001 18:25:39 -0000 1.3 +++ proposal.xml 19 Jul 2002 22:32:45 -0000 1.4 @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Proposal Commons Documentation Team Remy Maucherat + Jeff Dever $Id$ @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@

HTTP Client relies on: +

HttpClient relies on:

jakarta-commons@jakarta.apache.org

Bugzilla - New component "HTTP Client" under the "Commons" product +
Bugzilla - New component "HttpClient" under the "Commons" product category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.
Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-httpclient" (when available).

The initial committers on the HTTP Client component shall be:

The initial committers on the HttpClient component shall be:

Remy Maucherat.
Juergen Pill
Costin Manolache

2002/07/19 - Replace uses of HTTP Client with HttpClient + for consistency. +

1.9 +38 -18 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/status.xml Index: status.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/status.xml,v retrieving revision 1.8 retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.8 -r1.9 --- status.xml 15 Jul 2002 05:24:23 -0000 1.8 +++ status.xml 19 Jul 2002 22:32:45 -0000 1.9 @@ -12,8 +12,23 @@

- The scope of the HTTP Client component is an implementation - of the HTTP protocol, as defined in RFC 2616 and related specifications. + The scope of the HttpClient component is a pure java + implementation of the HTTP protocol as defined by the following + and related specifications: +

RFC1945 + Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0 +
RFC2616 + Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 +
RFC2617 + HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication +
RFC2109 + HTTP State Management Mechanism +

The original source was donated by the Jakarta Slide project. @@ -22,31 +37,31 @@

- HTTP Client is dependent upon the following + HttpClient is dependent upon the following external components for run-time use:

Java Development Kit: (Version 1.2 or later. Note that the "external" interface of - HTTP Client is JDK 1.1 compatible, hence a JDK 1.1 compatible + HttpClient is JDK 1.1 compatible, hence a JDK 1.1 compatible distribution could be created.)

- The following external components may be used with HTTP Client + The following external components may be used with HttpClient to support certain optional features:

Java Secure Socket Extension: (Version 1.0.2 or later)
Only needed if you're using HTTPS.
Log4J: HTTP Client supports but does not require Log4J logging.; HttpClient supports but does not require Log4J logging.

The following tools are recommended for those who wish to develop the - HTTP Client component:

+ HttpClient component:

Jakarta Ant: (Version 1.2 or later)
To run the provided build scripts.

Convert to commons-logging - HTTP Client's logging API has become its own commons component. - Migrate HTTP Client to use commons-logging, and remove the old - HTTP Client-packaged version. + HttpClient's logging API has become its own commons component. + Migrate HttpClient to use commons-logging, and remove the old + HttpClient-packaged version.
Proxy Support Testing - HTTP Client's proxy support has not been extensively tested. + HttpClient's proxy support has not been extensively tested. (There are no known issues either, but...). Test various - HTTP Client features via a proxy, or even better, add + HttpClient features via a proxy, or even better, add a suite of unit/functional tests demonstrating the proxy functionality.