# Package org.apache.http.client.protocol

Client specific HTTP protocol handlers.

See: Description

Interface Summary
Interface | Description
--- | ---
ClientContext | Deprecated (4.3) use `HttpClientContext`.

Class Summary
Class | Description
--- | ---
ClientContextConfigurer | Deprecated (4.3) use `HttpClientContext`
HttpClientContext | Adaptor class that provides convenience type safe setters and getters for common `HttpContext` attributes used in the course of HTTP request execution.
RequestAcceptEncoding | Class responsible for handling Content Encoding requests in HTTP.
RequestAddCookies | Request interceptor that matches cookies available in the current `CookieStore` to the request being executed and generates corresponding `Cookie` request headers.
RequestAuthCache | Request interceptor that can preemptively authenticate against known hosts, if there is a cached `AuthScheme` instance in the local `AuthCache` associated with the given target or proxy host.
RequestClientConnControl | This protocol interceptor is responsible for adding `Connection` or `Proxy-Connection` headers to the outgoing requests, which is essential for managing persistence of `HTTP/1.0` connections.
RequestDefaultHeaders | Request interceptor that adds default request headers.
RequestExpectContinue | RequestExpectContinue is responsible for enabling the 'expect-continue' handshake by adding `Expect` header.
RequestProxyAuthentication | Deprecated (4.3) use `HttpAuthenticator`.
RequestTargetAuthentication | Deprecated (4.3) use `HttpAuthenticator`.
ResponseAuthCache | Deprecated (4.2) use `AuthenticationStrategy`
ResponseContentEncoding | `HttpResponseInterceptor` responsible for processing Content-Encoding responses.
ResponseProcessCookies | Response interceptor that populates the current `CookieStore` with data contained in response cookies received in the given the HTTP response.

## Package org.apache.http.client.protocol Description

Client specific HTTP protocol handlers.