[JCR-2406] Upgrade httpclient dependency to 4.x

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.16, 2.15.0
• Component/s: jackrabbit-jcr-server, jackrabbit-spi2dav
• Assignee: Julian Reschke
• Reporter: Sébastien Launay
• Created: 24/Nov/09 13:30
• Updated: 14/Jul/17 09:59
• Resolved: 30/Dec/16 14:39

Description

Httpclient is one of these libs that tends to be pulled by another third party lib and often with conflicted versions (in a traditional environment contrary to OSGi).
Upgrading from 3.0 to 4.0 allows applications to use both Jackrabbit and the latest release of HttpClient.

As discussed in JCR-2389, this is a sensitive task as it can introduce regression.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: JCR-3912 Jackrabbit depends on obsolete commons-httpclient library
• relates to: JCR-2389 Update dependency versions for commons-collections, slf4j and derby

Sub-Tasks

• upgrade httpclient 3 dependency to final release 3.1: Closed
• move httpclient dependency out of parent pom: Closed
• avoid use of HttpClient3 URI class: Closed
• Refactor WebDAV related code out of HttpClient3-specific classes for better future re-use: Closed
• Add WebDAV API based on HttpClient4: Closed
• Use HttpClient4 based WebDAV API in remoting code: Closed
• remove HttpClient3 based WebDAV API: Closed
• Change vfs ext test cases not to depend on http client: Closed
• spi2dav: code reformat to reduce scope of changes for JCR-4066: Closed