[HTTPCLIENT-2218] Use Java 8 impl of Base64 instead of commons-codec

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.2-beta1
• Component/s: HttpClient (classic)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Johannes Graham
• Created: 24/May/22 01:21
• Updated: 01/Jun/22 21:09
• Resolved: 28/May/22 13:53

Description

If Java 8 is the new baseline for http-client, then switching to the implementation available in the standard language would offer performance improvements.

I have an adaptor class to to this - I will open a PR with it.