= rjack-httpclient-4

* http://rjack.gravitext.com/httpclient-4
* http://rjack.gravitext.com
* https://github.com/dekellum/rjack

== Description

A gem packaging of the {HttpComponents}[http://hc.apache.org/] HTTP
Client 4.x for JRuby.

* Provides httpclient and httpcore jars.
* Provides a RJack::HTTPClient4::ManagerFacade for client and connection
  manager setup, start, shutdown.

== Synopsis

 require 'rjack-logback'
 require 'rjack-httpclient-4'

 mf = RJack::HTTPClient4::ManagerFacade.new

 mf.connection_params.so_timeout         = 2000 #ms
 mf.manager_params.timeout               = 2000 #ms
 mf.manager_params.max_total_connections = 200
 mf.manager_params.connections_per_route = 10
 mf.client_params.default_headers        = { "X-Name" => "value" }
 mf.client_params.cookie_policy          = CookiePolicy::BEST_MATCH
 mf.start

 mf.client # --> org.apache.http.client.HttpClient

 mf.shutdown

See {org.apache.http.client.HttpClient}[http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client/httpclient/apidocs/org/apache/http/client/HttpClient.html].

== Requirements

* rjack-commons-codec[http://rjack.gravitext.com/commons-codec].

* rjack-slf4j[http://rjack.gravitext.com/slf4j].

* An SLF4J output adaptor such as 'rjack-slf4j/simple' or
  rjack-logback[http://rjack.gravitext.com/logback] must be require'd
  before rjack-httpclient.  (The rjack-logback gem is listed as a
  development dependency only.)

== License

=== rjack-httpclient-4 gem

Copyright (c) 2008-2014 David Kellum

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You
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=== HttpComponents Client (java)

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