| Building HttpComponents Client |
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| (1) Requisites |
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| JDK 1.7+ is required in order to compile and run HttpClient. |
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| HttpClient utilizes Maven as a distribution management and packaging tool. |
| Version 3.3 or later is required. |
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| Maven installation and configuration instructions can be found here: |
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| http://maven.apache.org/run-maven/index.html |
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| (2) Executing test cases |
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| Execute the following command in order to compile and test the components |
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| mvn test |
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| (3) Building packages |
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| Execute the following command in order to build the JAR packages and install |
| them to the local repository: |
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| mvn install |
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| The JAR packages can be found in the target folders of their respective modules |
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| httpclient5/target/httpclient5-<VERSION>.jar |
| httpclient5-cache/target/httpclient5-cache-<VERSION>.jar |
| httpclient5-fluent/target/httpclient5-fluent-<VERSION>.jar |
| httpclient5-osgi/target/org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient_<VERSION>.jar |
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| where <VERSION> is the release version |
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| (4) Validating packages |
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| Check for proper license headers with: |
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| mvn apache-rat:check |
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