The Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is perhaps the most significant
protocol used on the Internet today. Web services, network-enabled appliances
and the growth of network computing continue to expand the role of the HTTP
protocol beyond user-driven web browsers, while increasing the number of
applications that require HTTP support.

Designed for extension while providing robust support for the base HTTP
protocol, the HttpComponents may be of interest to anyone building HTTP-aware
client and server applications such as web browsers, web spiders, HTTP proxies,
web service transport libraries, or systems that leverage or extend the HTTP
protocol for distributed communication.