# 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.

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