HttpClient

The <httpClient> type allows the caller to create an HttpClient instance, and add it as a reference, or be nested as a subelement of an HTTP method call.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
`id`	The reference id to store this HttpClient under.	No.
`refId`	The reference id of the HttpClient this element refers to.	No.
`stateRefId`	The HttpState object to use.	No. Uses a default HttpState.

Parameters specified as Nested Elements

<clientParams>

Create http client params.

Attribute	Description	Required
`strict`	Should we be strict on the protocol.	No.
`authenticationPreemptive`	Should we pre-emptively try to authenticate?	No.
`connectionManagerTimeout`	The timeout for the connection manager.	No.
`contentCharSet`	The content character set	No.
`cookiePolicy`	The cookie policy (IGNORE_COOKIES, RFC_2109, NETSCAPE or DEFAULT)	No.
`credentialCharSet`		No.
`httpElementCharSet`		No.
`soTimeout`		No.
`version`	The HTTP version.	No.

Additional <clientParams> subelements:

<double>, <int>, <long>, <boolean>, <string>

Create a client parameter.

Attribute	Description	Required
`name`	The parameter name	Yes.
`value`	The parameter value.	Yes.

<hostConfig>

Create a host configuration.

Attribute	Description	Required
`host`	The host to connect to.	No.
`port`		No.
`protocol`		No.
`address`		No.
`proxyHost`	The proxyHost to connect to.	No.
`proxyPort`		No.

Additional <hostConfig> subelements:

Specify HostParams. | subelements are identical to those of | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| `` Create (or reference an existing) HttpState for use with this HTTP client. This is necessary if you wish to enable authentication, or retain state across multiple method calls. | Please see the [httpState](http-state_type.html) documentation for more details on this element | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Examples -------- ```xml ```