Using the new httpclient-4.0.1 jar with a project using commons-httpclient

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Could I safely include the httpclient-4.0.1 jar that replaced the commons-httpclient jar that is now end of life or should I worry about having some conflict between both?

Some of my code is using commons-httpclient, should I be worried that having both would bring some problems?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '12 at 12:16

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No, you should not. HttpClient 3.x and Httpclient 4.x share no common dependencies beyond Commons Logging and Commons Codec and should be able to co-exist in the same class loader just fine.

answered May 15 '12 at 12:16

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They also use different Java package names, which is critical. – skaffman May 15 '12 at 12:19

Using the new httpclient-4.0.1 jar with a project using commons-httpclient

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