The HTTP Package
Introduction
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the native protocol for the Internet's World Wide Web. Detailed information is in RFC 2616, at http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html.
The HTTP package is conditionally compliant with RFC 2616. It includes support for:
Persistent connections and pipelined requests with HTTP/1.1 serversInterpretation of chunked-data responses from HTTP/1.1 serversRequesting part of an HTTP documentSending and receiving large files through the use of a streaming mechanismBreaking out of requests that might hang indefinitely
