What Took So Long… Java’s New HttpClient
summary
Java's long-awaited modern HttpClient (introduced as an incubator in Java 9 and official in Java 11) replaces the old HttpURLConnection. It provides a fluent Builder API, HTTP/2 support including Push Promises, integration with CompletableFuture for composing asynchronous workflows, and Flow API-compatible stream interfaces for processing streaming data.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:37Old HttpClient (Java 1.1)
- 9:39Java 9 incubator & Java 11
- 10:21Old HttpClient drawbacks
- 11:27What is HTTP/2?
- 19:12New HttpClient in Java 11
- 21:22Simple HttpClient example
- 25:50Reactive Streams with HttpClient
- 34:43Async request sending
- 37:58CompletableFuture explained
- 43:17CompletableFuture methods
- 52:53Multi-stage processing with CompletableFuture
- 56:24Combining multiple results
- 1:03:05Summary
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