[HTTPCLIENT-1199] DecompressingHttpClient strips POST content from request

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.2 Final
• Fix Version/s: 4.2.1
• Component/s: HttpClient (classic)
• Environment: Ubuntu / openjdk-7
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Guillaume Castagnino
• Created: 31/May/12 08:06
• Updated: 05/Oct/13 19:41
• Resolved: 03/Jun/12 11:37

Description

When upgrading from HttpClient 4.1 to HttpClient 4.2, I have to migrate my ContentEncodingHttpClient to a decorated DecompressingHttpClient.

But there is a problem with HttpPost requests : the POST content is missing.

Looking at the DecompressingHttpClient code : http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/clover/org/apache/http/impl/client/DecompressingHttpClient.html, the issue seems to be that DecompressingHttpClient use a HttpRequest wrapped by a RequestWrapper at line 130 to execute. But this wrapper only clone headers and params, disregarding the request type, so the entity is not cloned.
When feeding the DecompressingHttpClient with a HttpPost request, this leads to partial request with no entity : over the network, I get POST requests with no content !

Solution should be to stop using a wrapped request ?