[HTTPCORE-314] Add org.apache.http.entity.ContentType.withCharset(Charset) and String APIs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.3-beta1
• Component/s: HttpCore

Environment

Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 03:44:56-0500)
Maven home: C:\Java\apache-maven-3.0.4\bin\..
Java version: 1.6.0_35, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_35\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
• Created: 01/Oct/12 18:41
• Updated: 05/Oct/13 20:09
• Resolved: 01/Oct/12 18:44

Description

A ContentType is immutable.

Before 4.2, you wrote code like this:

final Charset myCharset = ...
final ContentType ct = ContentType.create(HTTP.OCTET_STREAM_TYPE, myCharset);
{code:java}

{{HTTP.OCTET_STREAM_TYPE}} is deprecated in 4.2. 

In order to avoid magic strings in the code I can do:

{code:java}
final ContentType ct = ContentType.create(ContentType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM.getMimeType(), myCharset);

This issue allows the fluent style to be applied: