[HTTPCLIENT-1162] Header adding in org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAcceptEncoding should be conditional

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.2 Final
• Labels: request
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ivan Bondarenko
• Created: 10/Feb/12 13:54
• Updated: 05/Oct/13 19:41
• Resolved: 10/Feb/12 14:15

Description

org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAcceptEncoding adds a header in any case. Any chance to do it conditional (like in RequestClientConnControl)? The code would be something like
if (!request.containsHeader("Accept-Encoding")) {
request.addHeader("Accept-Encoding", "gzip,deflate");
}

In our app this header may be added before request intercepting, so would be great if this fact is checked.