Future HttpClient: A Sneak Peek into a New HttpClient API

Oracle is adding a new HttpClient API to Java in its next version. It is building this on top of new NIO features such as socket channels and asynchronous socket channels, with performance and simplicity as the primary goals. This API replaces HttpURLConnection, which does not expose many HTTP-specific features, can operate only in a single-threaded blocking mode, and is difficult to use. Supporting features such as autoredirection and detailed documentation will be additional goals.
The purpose of this session is to present the design of the API and the decisions the API development team made while implementing a prototype of the API. The session also briefly demonstrates simple examples of the API with this prototype.

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