How do I upgrade from DefaultHttpClient() to HttpClientBuilder.create().build()? - apache-httpclient-4.x

Question

I have a routine which checks if a record has been indexed by Solr. I have a deprecated method of creating a HTTPClient which I'm trying to remove:
From
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
To
CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
The problem I now have is that after 2 call to the URL, the 3rd attempt seems to hang. I'm not quite sure what I'm missing if anyone can help please?
This is my complete method which I've extracted out into a test:
#Test
public void checkUntilRecordAvailable() {
String output;
String solrSingleJobURL = "http://solr01.prod.efinancialcareers.com:8080/solr/jobSearchCollection/select?q=id%3A7618769%0A&fl=*&wt=json&indent=true";
CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(solrSingleJobURL);
StringBuilder jobResponseBuilder;
Gson gson = new Gson();
while (true) {
System.out.print("WAITING FOR SOLR PARTIAL TO RUN " + solrSingleJobURL);
jobResponseBuilder = new StringBuilder();
try {
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));
while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(output);
jobResponseBuilder.append(output);
}
JobResponse jobResponse = gson.fromJson(jobResponseBuilder.toString(), JobResponse.class);
Long numberOfRecordsFound = jobResponse.getNumberOfRecordsFound();
if (numberOfRecordsFound == 0) {
System.out.println("- PAUSE FOR 10 SECONDS UNTIL NEXT CHECK");
Thread.sleep(5000);
} else {
System.out.println(" RECORD FOUND ");
httpClient.close();
break;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

Answer 1

here is some code using the builders from 4.3 httpclient.. dont know if it helps .. I use skeleton from here. So , i wrap the creation of the httpclient in a runnable and post it to a que-processor for the EXEC. Note the runnable has your 'builder' stuff in it.
RequestConfig config = null;
private HttpClientContext context;
public void create(int method, final String url, final String data) {
this.method = method;// GET, POST, HEAD, DELETE etc
this.url = url;
this.data = data; //entity body of POST
this.config = RequestConfig.custom()
.setConnectionRequestTimeout(60 * 1000)
.setSocketTimeout(60 * 1000)
.build();
this.context = HttpClientContext.create();
ConnectionMgr.getInstance().push(this);
}
//above creates a runnable that can be posted to a generic execution que
//detls on run() include builder asked about
public void run() {
handler.sendMessage(Message.obtain(handler, HttpConnection.DID_START));
CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom()
.setConnectionManager(YourConnectionMgr.getInstance())
.addInterceptorLast(new HttpRequestInterceptor() {
public void process(
final HttpRequest request,
final HttpContext context) throws HttpException, IOException {
if (request.getRequestLine().getMethod() == "POST"){
request.addHeader("Content-Type", mimeType) ;}
}else if(request.getRequestLine().getMethod() == "GET" && !request.getRequestLine().getUri().toString().contains("ffmpeg")){
request.addHeader("X-Parse-Application-Id", ParseApplication.key_appId);
}
}) .build();