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# Maven Resolver URL Transport

Special Transport with limited HTTP capabilities. The main use case of this transport is outside of
Maven, in apps that are Java 8+ and integrate Resolver only for **consumption purposes**.
Before this transport, the only option was to either bump Java level to 11 and use JDK transport, or to use
the heavyweight Apache HttpClient transport, which is not always desirable.

Supported features:
* Implemented using `java.net.HttpURLConnection` class
* HTTP 1.1 support, only for GET and HEAD methods
* HTTP redirects (max 5)
* HTTP gzip and deflate compression support
* HTTP Basic authentication (w/ preemptive support)
* HTTP proxy support (w/ Basic proxy authentication)
* HTTP auth caching (lowers "known to be needed" HTTP round-trips)
* Smart checksums (extracts checksums from response headers, potentially halves the HTTP round-trips)
* Timeout for connection and request

This transport is not a fully functional transport, and should be handled as such. It is quite usable in
artifact consumption scenarios, but it is not suitable for artifact deployment.