HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory method signature changes prevent user code from supporting Spring 3 and Spring 4 simultaneously [SPR-11053]

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Dave Syer opened SPR-11053 and commented

The methods whose signatures changed are the ones involving HttpClient (including the constructor). I think all we need to do is downcast to CloseableHttpClient in Spring 4.0 (and possibly assert beforehand to enhance the error message).

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Affects: 4.0 RC1

Referenced from: commits bfa6c2d