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| HttpCore is a set of components implementing the most fundamental aspects |
| of the HTTP protocol that are nonetheless sufficient to develop full-featured |
| client-side and server-side HTTP services with a minimal footprint. |
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| HttpCore has the following scope and goals: |
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| <div class="section" title="1. HttpCore Scope"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d5e19"></a>1. HttpCore Scope</h2></div></div></div> |
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| A consistent API for building client / proxy / server side HTTP services |
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| A consistent API for building both synchronous and asynchronous HTTP services |
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| A set of low level components based on blocking (classic) and non-blocking |
| (NIO) I/O models |
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| Implementation of the most fundamental HTTP transport aspects |
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| Balance between good performance and the clarity & expressiveness of API |
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| Small (predictable) memory footprint |
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| Self contained library (no external dependencies beyond JRE) |
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| A replacement for HttpClient |
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| A replacement for a Servlet container or a competitor to the Servlet API |
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