HttpComponents HttpClient 4.0-alpha2 has been released. This release is another milestone in the redesign of HttpClient. It includes a number of improvements since ALPHA1, among which are improved connection pooling, support for proxy chains, redesigned HTTP state and authentication credentials management API, improved RFC 2965 cookie specification More information can be found at the HttpComponents project site.

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