Cannot instantiate the type HttpClient

Question

I have added the .jars to my library and I can also instantiate other classes in the JAR. What gives? I've tried to clean the project etc.

It's a compiler-time error. Eclipse won't let me instantiate it.

I'm importing the correct library, not the sun version, and using the default contructor, specified by their tutorial

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

(Eclipse, mac, Apache HTTP, "HttpClient 4.0.1 (GA)" downloaded from here)

Answer 1

HttpClient is an interface in 4.x, use DefaultHttpClient for instances.

HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

Answer 2

HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();

They haven't documented this anywhere on the website, but I've imported the source, and the javadoc, and this was the example in the Javadoc for the HttpClient class.

Answer 3

You find the javadoc to the version you downloaded here. You linked in your post to version 3.x.

Examples you find here