The Apache HttpComponents project is pleased to announce 5.6 release of HttpComponents HttpClient.
This is the first GA release in the 5.6 release series. It adds several features such as transport content decompression and content compression for the async transport, support for Unix sockets, experimental support for SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication scheme, and Micrometer/OTel observations & metrics. Commons Compress, Brotli codec, and ZStd codec are optional dependencies and get wired into the execution pipeline only if present on the classpath. Notable changes and features included in the 5.6 series: * Unix domain socket support. * Support for pluggable content codecs via Commons-Compress in the classic transport. (optional). * Support for transparent content decompression and content compression with `deflate`,`gzip`, `zstd` (optional), and `brotli` (optional) codecs in the async transport. * Micrometer/OTel observations & metrics (optinal). * Off-lock connection disposal by the classic pooling connection manager. Experimental. * SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication scheme (RFC 7804). Experimental. * Request Priority support (RFC 9218). Experimental. * OFFLOCK connection pool concurrency policy. Experimental. Compatibility notes: * As of this version, HttpClient uses BUILTIN HostnameVerificationPolicy by default, delegating host verification to JSSE security manager. One must explicitly configure the TLS strategy to continue using the hostname verifier shipped with HttpClient. * Five-second TCP keep-alive is now enabled by default. Download - <http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi> Release notes - <https://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES-5.6.x.txt HttpComponents site - <http://hc.apache.org/> About HttpComponents HttpClient The Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is perhaps the most significant protocol used on the Internet today. Web services, network-enabled appliances and the growth of network computing continue to expand the role of the HTTP protocol beyond user-driven web browsers, while increasing the number of applications that require HTTP support. Designed for extension while providing robust support for the base HTTP protocol, HttpClient 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
