HttpCore Overview

HttpCore is a set of low level HTTP transport components that can be used to build custom client and server side HTTP services with a minimal footprint. HttpCore supports two I/O models: blocking I/O model based on the classic Java I/O and non-blocking, event driven I/O model based on Java NIO.

Documentation

1. HttpCore Tutorial (PDF)

2. Examples of HttpCore components in action can be found here

3. Javadocs

   • HttpCore
   • HttpCore NIO

4. API compatibility reports

   • HttpCore
   • HttpCore NIO

Standards Compliance

HttpCore components strive to conform to the following specifications endorsed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the internet at large:

• RFC 1945 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
• RFC 2616 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1