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    HttpComponents HttpClient Examples
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HttpClient Examples

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientExecuteDirect.java}Direct request}}
    
    This example demonstrates how to send an HTTP request directly.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientExecuteProxy.java}Request via a proxy}}
    
    This example demonstrates how to send an HTTP request via a proxy.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientConnectionRelease.java}Connection management}}
    
    This example demonstrates the recommended way of using API to make sure the underlying 
    connection gets released back to the connection manager.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientAbortMethod.java}Abort method}}
    
    This example demonstrates how to abort an HTTP request before its normal completion.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientAuthentication.java}Client authentication}}
    
    This example uses HttpClient to execute an HTTP request against a target site that requires user
    authentication.  

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientProxyAuthentication.java}Proxy authentication}}
    
    A simple example showing execution of an HTTP request over a secure connection tunneled through 
    an authenticating proxy.  

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientChunkEncodedPost.java}Chunk encoded POST}}
    
    This example shows how to stream out a request entity using chunk encoding.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientCustomContext.java}Custom execution context}}
    
    This example demonstrates the use of a local HTTP context populated custom attributes.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientFormLogin.java}Form based logon}}
    
    This example demonstrates how HttpClient can be used to perform form-based logon.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientMultiThreadedExecution.java}Threaded request execution}}
    
    An example that executes HTTP requests from multiple worker threads.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientCustomSSL.java}Custom SSL context}}
    
    This example demonstrates how to create secure connections with a custom SSL context.

    * {{{http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientGZipContentCompression.java}Custom protocol interceptors}}

    This example shows the use of protocol interceptors to transparently modify properties of HTTP 
    messages sent / received by the HTTP client.
 
    In this particular case HTTP client is made capable of transparent content GZIP compression by 
    adding two protocol interceptors: a request interceptor that adds 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' header
    to all outgoing requests and a response interceptor that automatically expands compressed 
    response entities by wrapping them with a uncompressing decorator class. The use of protocol 
    interceptors makes content compression completely transparent to the consumer of the HttpClient
    interface.