Does anybody actually use java.net.HttpUrlConnection? My impression is that it's one of those JDK anti-classes that are ridden with bugs and can only be globally "configured" with system properties. I thought everybody just uses Apache HTTP client. //

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  • braghest Newbie

    braghest Jul 30, 2014 3:59 PM

    Does anybody actually use java.net.HttpUrlConnection? My impression is that it's one of those JDK anti-classes that are ridden with bugs and can only be globally "configured" with system properties. I thought everybody just uses Apache HTTP client. //
      • superbob Newbie

        superbob Jul 30, 2014 12:32 PM (in response to braghest)

        Apache HTTP client to me is the poster child for all the things that can go wrong in Java. Every time I want to use the library it is like trying to read a novel to do something that should be simple. I become very envious of python/requests where an HTTP GET/PUT/DELETE is blunt simple. It might be that I do not have the correct examples... Apache HTTP gives me the willies. //
      • javaserverfowner Whiz

        javaserverfowner Aug 1, 2014 6:01 PM