dIon, Thanks for the response. Let me at least partially answer my own question #2.
2. HttpClient does, in fact, support proxying (with a few caveats). You get SOCKS support for free by setting the system properties socks.proxyHost and socks.proxyPort and NOT setting the proxyHost and proxyPort in HttpConnection. Non-SOCKS proxying works for HTTP but not HTTPS. Ari Luotonen outlines the reasons why in his draft document "Tunneling TCP based protocols through Web proxy servers" at http://www.web-cache.com/Writings/Internet-Drafts/draft-luotonen-web-proxy-tunneling-01.txt.; So, it is necessary to "tunnel" through the proxy server. Pua Yeow Cheong had an "Tips 'N Tricks" article in JavaWorld (http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip111_p.html) that covers this as does the following post in Sun's Java Developer Connection - http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=2&thread=172538.; It seems like it should be possible to add getter/setter methods to HttpConnection for a property that specifies an alternative SSLSocketFactory. I haven't had the time to try it yet. dIon Gillard wrote: > Bill Cutshall wrote: > > >I just discovered Http Client about a week ago. It's just what I need > >for a project that I'm working on. I have a few questions, though: > > > >1. In message > >http://www.mail-archive.com/commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org/msg03518.html > >Rodney intimates that that Http Client is close to being a 2.0 release. > >How close is it to being officially released? > > > As close as Rodney, or another committer coming up with a release plan. > > >2. Does Http Client support SOCKS proxies? Which of the system > >properties (e.g., socks.proxyHost, socks.proxyPort) do I need to set for > >both SOCKS and non-SOCKS proxies? > > > Don't know for sure....can check if you don't want to scour the source. > > >3. Part of my application needs to download binary files. I currently > >do it in a loop "read"ing bytes from a BufferedInputStream chained to a > >URLConnection's InputStream. I tried a similar approach with > >HttpConnection's ResponseInputStream but the BufferedInputStream returns > >eof (-1) on the first read. PostMethod.getResponseBody seems to work > >fine but was slower than my current implementation. Can anyone give me > >a good approach for binary file download? > > > I can't help on this one....anyone else? > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Bill Cutshall > >Carnegie Technology Education > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting > http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
