Deprecated Java HttpClient - How hard can it be?
apache-commons-httpclient, apache-httpclient-4.x, java
Solution
Relevant imports:
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import java.io.IOException;
Usage:
HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
EDIT (after Jules' suggestion):
As the `build()` method returns a `CloseableHttpClient` which is-a `AutoClosable`, you can place the declaration in a try-with-resources statement (Java 7+):
try (CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build()) {
// use httpClient (no need to close it explicitly)
} catch (IOException e) {
// handle
}
Problem
All I'm trying to do is download some JSON and deserialize it into an object. I haven't got as far as downloading the JSON yet. Almost every single HttpClient example I can find, including those on the apache site looks something like... ``` import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient; public void blah() { HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(); ... } ``` However, Netbeans tells me that `DefaultHttpClient` is deprecated. I've tried googling for `DefaultHttpClient deprecated` and as many other variations as I can think of and can't find any useful results, so I'm obviously missing something. What is the correct Java7 way to download the contents of a webpage? Is there really no decent Http Client as part of the language? I find that hard to believe. My Maven dependency for this is... ``` <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId> <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId> <version>LATEST</version> <type>jar</type> </dependency> ```