2007-11-15 Apache HttpComponents Core Java libraries for bare-bone HTTP communication, including support for NIO. HttpCore (main) is a library for HTTP communication that can be used on either client or server side. A second library, HttpCore-NIO, adds support for Java NIO. HttpCore has no dependencies beyond the JVM, but also no built-in support for advanced features such as cookie management or authentication. It defines a framework for plugging in these features. Java HttpComponents Core 4.0-alpha6 2007-10-09 4.0-alpha6 HttpComponents Core 4.0-beta1 2008-01-24 4.0-beta1 HttpComponents Core 4.0-beta2 2008-06-22 4.0-beta2 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 IETF RFC 2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0 IETF RFC 1945 Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1 IETF RFC 2817 HTTP Over TLS IETF RFC 2818