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/*
Android Asynchronous Http Client
Copyright (c) 2011 James Smith <james@loopj.com>
https://loopj.com
    
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
    
    https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    
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*/

package cn.com.loopj.android.http;

import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Looper;

import org.apache.http.Header;
import org.apache.http.HeaderElement;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequestInterceptor;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponseInterceptor;
import org.apache.http.HttpVersion;
import org.apache.http.auth.AuthScope;
import org.apache.http.auth.AuthState;
import org.apache.http.auth.Credentials;
import org.apache.http.auth.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
import org.apache.http.client.CookieStore;
import org.apache.http.client.CredentialsProvider;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.RedirectHandler;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpHead;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
import org.apache.http.client.params.ClientPNames;
import org.apache.http.client.protocol.ClientContext;
import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionManager;
import org.apache.http.conn.params.ConnManagerParams;
import org.apache.http.conn.params.ConnPerRouteBean;
import org.apache.http.conn.params.ConnRoutePNames;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.PlainSocketFactory;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SchemeRegistry;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
import org.apache.http.entity.HttpEntityWrapper;
import org.apache.http.impl.auth.BasicScheme;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.conn.tsccm.ThreadSafeClientConnManager;
import org.apache.http.params.BasicHttpParams;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpProtocolParams;
import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
import org.apache.http.protocol.ExecutionContext;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
import org.apache.http.protocol.SyncBasicHttpContext;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PushbackInputStream;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.WeakHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;

/**
 * The AsyncHttpClient can be used to make asynchronous GET, POST, PUT and DELETE HTTP requests in
 * your Android applications. Requests can be made with additional parameters by passing a {@link
 * RequestParams} instance, and responses can be handled by passing an anonymously overridden {@link
 * ResponseHandlerInterface} instance. <p>&nbsp;</p> For example: <p>&nbsp;</p>
 * <pre>
 * AsyncHttpClient client = new AsyncHttpClient();
 * client.get("https://www.google.com", new AsyncHttpResponseHandler() {
 *     &#064;Override
 *     public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, byte[] responseBody) {
 *          System.out.println(response);
 *     }
 *     &#064;Override
 *     public void onFailure(int statusCode, Header[] headers, byte[] responseBody, Throwable
 * error)
 * {
 *          error.printStackTrace(System.out);
 *     }
 * });
 * </pre>
 *
 * @see com.loopj.android.http.AsyncHttpResponseHandler
 * @see com.loopj.android.http.ResponseHandlerInterface
 * @see com.loopj.android.http.RequestParams
 */
public class AsyncHttpClient {

    public static final String LOG_TAG = "AsyncHttpClient";

    public static final String HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type";
    public static final String HEADER_CONTENT_RANGE = "Content-Range";
    public static final String HEADER_CONTENT_ENCODING = "Content-Encoding";
    public static final String HEADER_CONTENT_DISPOSITION = "Content-Disposition";
    public static final String HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING = "Accept-Encoding";
    public static final String ENCODING_GZIP = "gzip";

    public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS = 10;
    public static final int DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 10 * 1000;
    public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES = 5;
    public static final int DEFAULT_RETRY_SLEEP_TIME_MILLIS = 1500;
    public static final int DEFAULT_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;

    private int maxConnections = DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
    private int connectTimeout = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
    private int responseTimeout = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;

    private final DefaultHttpClient httpClient;
    private final HttpContext httpContext;
    private ExecutorService threadPool;
    private final Map<Context, List<RequestHandle>> requestMap;
    private final Map<String, String> clientHeaderMap;
    private boolean isUrlEncodingEnabled = true;

    public static LogInterface log = new LogHandler();

    /**
     * Creates a new AsyncHttpClient with default constructor arguments values
     */
    public AsyncHttpClient() {
        this(false, 80, 443);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new AsyncHttpClient.
     *
     * @param httpPort non-standard HTTP-only port
     */
    public AsyncHttpClient(int httpPort) {
        this(false, httpPort, 443);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new AsyncHttpClient.
     *
     * @param httpPort  non-standard HTTP-only port
     * @param httpsPort non-standard HTTPS-only port
     */
    public AsyncHttpClient(int httpPort, int httpsPort) {
        this(false, httpPort, httpsPort);
    }

    /**
     * Creates new AsyncHttpClient using given params
     *
     * @param fixNoHttpResponseException Whether to fix issue or not, by omitting SSL verification
     * @param httpPort                   HTTP port to be used, must be greater than 0
     * @param httpsPort                  HTTPS port to be used, must be greater than 0
     */
    public AsyncHttpClient(boolean fixNoHttpResponseException, int httpPort, int httpsPort) {
        this(getDefaultSchemeRegistry(fixNoHttpResponseException, httpPort, httpsPort));
    }

    /**
     * Returns default instance of SchemeRegistry
     *
     * @param fixNoHttpResponseException Whether to fix issue or not, by omitting SSL verification
     * @param httpPort                   HTTP port to be used, must be greater than 0
     * @param httpsPort                  HTTPS port to be used, must be greater than 0
     */
    private static SchemeRegistry getDefaultSchemeRegistry(boolean fixNoHttpResponseException, int httpPort,
            int httpsPort) {
        if (fixNoHttpResponseException) {
            log.d(LOG_TAG, "Beware! Using the fix is insecure, as it doesn't verify SSL certificates.");
        }

        if (httpPort < 1) {
            httpPort = 80;
            log.d(LOG_TAG, "Invalid HTTP port number specified, defaulting to 80");
        }

        if (httpsPort < 1) {
            httpsPort = 443;
            log.d(LOG_TAG, "Invalid HTTPS port number specified, defaulting to 443");
        }

        // Fix to SSL flaw in API < ICS
        // See https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13117
        SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory;
        if (fixNoHttpResponseException) {
            sslSocketFactory = MySSLSocketFactory.getFixedSocketFactory();
        } else {
            sslSocketFactory = SSLSocketFactory.getSocketFactory();
        }

        SchemeRegistry schemeRegistry = new SchemeRegistry();
        schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), httpPort));
        schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme("https", sslSocketFactory, httpsPort));

        return schemeRegistry;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new AsyncHttpClient.
     *
     * @param schemeRegistry SchemeRegistry to be used
     */
    public AsyncHttpClient(SchemeRegistry schemeRegistry) {

        BasicHttpParams httpParams = new BasicHttpParams();

        ConnManagerParams.setTimeout(httpParams, connectTimeout);
        ConnManagerParams.setMaxConnectionsPerRoute(httpParams, new ConnPerRouteBean(maxConnections));
        ConnManagerParams.setMaxTotalConnections(httpParams, DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS);

        HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParams, responseTimeout);
        HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParams, connectTimeout);
        HttpConnectionParams.setTcpNoDelay(httpParams, true);
        HttpConnectionParams.setSocketBufferSize(httpParams, DEFAULT_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE);

        HttpProtocolParams.setVersion(httpParams, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);

        ClientConnectionManager cm = createConnectionManager(schemeRegistry, httpParams);
        Utils.asserts(cm != null,
                "Custom implementation of #createConnectionManager(SchemeRegistry, BasicHttpParams) returned null");

        threadPool = getDefaultThreadPool();
        requestMap = Collections.synchronizedMap(new WeakHashMap<Context, List<RequestHandle>>());
        clientHeaderMap = new HashMap<String, String>();

        httpContext = new SyncBasicHttpContext(new BasicHttpContext());
        httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(cm, httpParams);
        httpClient.addRequestInterceptor(new HttpRequestInterceptor() {
            @Override
            public void process(HttpRequest request, HttpContext context) {
                if (!request.containsHeader(HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING)) {
                    request.addHeader(HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ENCODING_GZIP);
                }
                for (String header : clientHeaderMap.keySet()) {
                    if (request.containsHeader(header)) {
                        Header overwritten = request.getFirstHeader(header);
                        log.d(LOG_TAG,
                                String.format("Headers were overwritten! (%s | %s) overwrites (%s | %s)", header,
                                        clientHeaderMap.get(header), overwritten.getName(),
                                        overwritten.getValue()));

                        //remove the overwritten header
                        request.removeHeader(overwritten);
                    }
                    request.addHeader(header, clientHeaderMap.get(header));
                }
            }
        });

        httpClient.addResponseInterceptor(new HttpResponseInterceptor() {
            @Override
            public void process(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context) {
                final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
                if (entity == null) {
                    return;
                }
                final Header encoding = entity.getContentEncoding();
                if (encoding != null) {
                    for (HeaderElement element : encoding.getElements()) {
                        if (element.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(ENCODING_GZIP)) {
                            response.setEntity(new InflatingEntity(entity));
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        });

        httpClient.addRequestInterceptor(new HttpRequestInterceptor() {
            @Override
            public void process(final HttpRequest request, final HttpContext context)
                    throws HttpException, IOException {
                AuthState authState = (AuthState) context.getAttribute(ClientContext.TARGET_AUTH_STATE);
                CredentialsProvider credsProvider = (CredentialsProvider) context
                        .getAttribute(ClientContext.CREDS_PROVIDER);
                HttpHost targetHost = (HttpHost) context.getAttribute(ExecutionContext.HTTP_TARGET_HOST);

                if (authState.getAuthScheme() == null) {
                    AuthScope authScope = new AuthScope(targetHost.getHostName(), targetHost.getPort());
                    Credentials creds = credsProvider.getCredentials(authScope);
                    if (creds != null) {
                        authState.setAuthScheme(new BasicScheme());
                        authState.setCredentials(creds);
                    }
                }
            }
        }, 0);

        httpClient
                .setHttpRequestRetryHandler(new RetryHandler(DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, DEFAULT_RETRY_SLEEP_TIME_MILLIS));
    }

    public static void allowRetryExceptionClass(Class<?> cls) {
        if (cls != null) {
            RetryHandler.addClassToWhitelist(cls);
        }
    }

    public static void blockRetryExceptionClass(Class<?> cls) {
        if (cls != null) {
            RetryHandler.addClassToBlacklist(cls);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the underlying HttpClient instance. This is useful for setting additional fine-grained
     * settings for requests by accessing the client's ConnectionManager, HttpParams and
     * SchemeRegistry.
     *
     * @return underlying HttpClient instance
     */
    public HttpClient getHttpClient() {
        return this.httpClient;
    }

    /**
     * Get the underlying HttpContext instance. This is useful for getting and setting fine-grained
     * settings for requests by accessing the context's attributes such as the CookieStore.
     *
     * @return underlying HttpContext instance
     */
    public HttpContext getHttpContext() {
        return this.httpContext;
    }

    /**
     * Will set logging enabled flag on underlying LogInterface instance.
     * Default setting is logging enabled.
     *
     * @param loggingEnabled whether the logging should be enabled or not
     */
    public void setLoggingEnabled(boolean loggingEnabled) {
        log.setLoggingEnabled(loggingEnabled);
    }

    /**
     * Returns logging enabled flag from underlying LogInterface instance
     * Default setting is logging enabled.
     *
     * @return boolean whether is logging across the library currently enabled
     */
    public boolean isLoggingEnabled() {
        return log.isLoggingEnabled();
    }

    /**
     * Sets log level to be used across all library default implementation
     * Default setting is VERBOSE log level.
     *
     * @param logLevel int log level, either from LogInterface interface or from {@link android.util.Log}
     */
    public void setLoggingLevel(int logLevel) {
        log.setLoggingLevel(logLevel);
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves current log level from underlying LogInterface instance.
     * Default setting is VERBOSE log level.
     *
     * @return int log level currently in effect
     */
    public int getLoggingLevel() {
        return log.getLoggingLevel();
    }

    /**
     * Will return current LogInterface used in AsyncHttpClient instance
     *
     * @return LogInterface currently used by AsyncHttpClient instance
     */
    public LogInterface getLogInterface() {
        return log;
    }

    /**
     * Sets default LogInterface (similar to std Android Log util class) instance,
     * to be used in AsyncHttpClient instance
     *
     * @param logInterfaceInstance LogInterface instance, if null, nothing is done
     */
    public void setLogInterface(LogInterface logInterfaceInstance) {
        if (logInterfaceInstance != null) {
            log = logInterfaceInstance;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Sets an optional CookieStore to use when making requests
     *
     * @param cookieStore The CookieStore implementation to use, usually an instance of {@link
     *                    PersistentCookieStore}
     */
    public void setCookieStore(CookieStore cookieStore) {
        httpContext.setAttribute(ClientContext.COOKIE_STORE, cookieStore);
    }

    /**
     * Overrides the threadpool implementation used when queuing/pooling requests. By default,
     * Executors.newCachedThreadPool() is used.
     *
     * @param threadPool an instance of {@link ExecutorService} to use for queuing/pooling
     *                   requests.
     */
    public void setThreadPool(ExecutorService threadPool) {
        this.threadPool = threadPool;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current executor service used. By default, Executors.newCachedThreadPool() is
     * used.
     *
     * @return current executor service used
     */
    public ExecutorService getThreadPool() {
        return threadPool;
    }

    /**
     * Get the default threading pool to be used for this HTTP client.
     *
     * @return The default threading pool to be used
     */
    protected ExecutorService getDefaultThreadPool() {
        return Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
    }

    /**
     * Provided so it is easier for developers to provide custom ThreadSafeClientConnManager implementation
     *
     * @param schemeRegistry SchemeRegistry, usually provided by {@link #getDefaultSchemeRegistry(boolean, int, int)}
     * @param httpParams     BasicHttpParams
     * @return ClientConnectionManager instance
     */
    protected ClientConnectionManager createConnectionManager(SchemeRegistry schemeRegistry,
            BasicHttpParams httpParams) {
        return new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(httpParams, schemeRegistry);
    }

    /**
     * Simple interface method, to enable or disable redirects. If you set manually RedirectHandler
     * on underlying HttpClient, effects of this method will be canceled. <p>&nbsp;</p> Default
     * setting is to disallow redirects.
     *
     * @param enableRedirects         boolean
     * @param enableRelativeRedirects boolean
     * @param enableCircularRedirects boolean
     */
    public void setEnableRedirects(final boolean enableRedirects, final boolean enableRelativeRedirects,
            final boolean enableCircularRedirects) {
        httpClient.getParams().setBooleanParameter(ClientPNames.REJECT_RELATIVE_REDIRECT, !enableRelativeRedirects);
        httpClient.getParams().setBooleanParameter(ClientPNames.ALLOW_CIRCULAR_REDIRECTS, enableCircularRedirects);
        httpClient.setRedirectHandler(new MyRedirectHandler(enableRedirects));
    }

    /**
     * Circular redirects are enabled by default
     *
     * @param enableRedirects         boolean
     * @param enableRelativeRedirects boolean
     * @see #setEnableRedirects(boolean, boolean, boolean)
     */
    public void setEnableRedirects(final boolean enableRedirects, final boolean enableRelativeRedirects) {
        setEnableRedirects(enableRedirects, enableRelativeRedirects, true);
    }

    /**
     * @param enableRedirects boolean
     * @see #setEnableRedirects(boolean, boolean, boolean)
     */
    public void setEnableRedirects(final boolean enableRedirects) {
        setEnableRedirects(enableRedirects, enableRedirects, enableRedirects);
    }

    /**
     * Allows you to set custom RedirectHandler implementation, if the default provided doesn't suit
     * your needs
     *
     * @param customRedirectHandler RedirectHandler instance
     * @see com.loopj.android.http.MyRedirectHandler
     */
    public void setRedirectHandler(final RedirectHandler customRedirectHandler) {
        httpClient.setRedirectHandler(customRedirectHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the User-Agent header to be sent with each request. By default, "Android Asynchronous
     * Http Client/VERSION (https://loopj.com/android-async-http/)" is used.
     *
     * @param userAgent the string to use in the User-Agent header.
     */
    public void setUserAgent(String userAgent) {
        HttpProtocolParams.setUserAgent(this.httpClient.getParams(), userAgent);
    }

    /**
     * Returns current limit of parallel connections
     *
     * @return maximum limit of parallel connections, default is 10
     */
    public int getMaxConnections() {
        return maxConnections;
    }

    /**
     * Sets maximum limit of parallel connections
     *
     * @param maxConnections maximum parallel connections, must be at least 1
     */
    public void setMaxConnections(int maxConnections) {
        if (maxConnections < 1)
            maxConnections = DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
        this.maxConnections = maxConnections;
        final HttpParams httpParams = this.httpClient.getParams();
        ConnManagerParams.setMaxConnectionsPerRoute(httpParams, new ConnPerRouteBean(this.maxConnections));
    }

    /**
     * Set both the connection and socket timeouts. By default, both are set to
     * 10 seconds.
     *
     * @param value the connect/socket timeout in milliseconds, at least 1 second
     * @see #setConnectTimeout(int)
     * @see #setResponseTimeout(int)
     */
    public void setTimeout(int value) {
        value = value < 1000 ? DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT : value;
        setConnectTimeout(value);
        setResponseTimeout(value);
    }

    /**
     * Returns current connection timeout limit (milliseconds). By default, this
     * is set to 10 seconds.
     *
     * @return Connection timeout limit in milliseconds
     */
    public int getConnectTimeout() {
        return connectTimeout;
    }

    /**
     * Set connection timeout limit (milliseconds). By default, this is set to
     * 10 seconds.
     *
     * @param value Connection timeout in milliseconds, minimal value is 1000 (1 second).
     */
    public void setConnectTimeout(int value) {
        connectTimeout = value < 1000 ? DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT : value;
        final HttpParams httpParams = httpClient.getParams();
        ConnManagerParams.setTimeout(httpParams, connectTimeout);
        HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParams, connectTimeout);
    }

    /**
     * Returns current response timeout limit (milliseconds). By default, this
     * is set to 10 seconds.
     *
     * @return Response timeout limit in milliseconds
     */
    public int getResponseTimeout() {
        return responseTimeout;
    }

    /**
     * Set response timeout limit (milliseconds). By default, this is set to
     * 10 seconds.
     *
     * @param value Response timeout in milliseconds, minimal value is 1000 (1 second).
     */
    public void setResponseTimeout(int value) {
        responseTimeout = value < 1000 ? DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT : value;
        final HttpParams httpParams = httpClient.getParams();
        HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParams, responseTimeout);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the Proxy by it's hostname and port
     *
     * @param hostname the hostname (IP or DNS name)
     * @param port     the port number. -1 indicates the scheme default port.
     */
    public void setProxy(String hostname, int port) {
        final HttpHost proxy = new HttpHost(hostname, port);
        final HttpParams httpParams = this.httpClient.getParams();
        httpParams.setParameter(ConnRoutePNames.DEFAULT_PROXY, proxy);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the Proxy by it's hostname,port,username and password
     *
     * @param hostname the hostname (IP or DNS name)
     * @param port     the port number. -1 indicates the scheme default port.
     * @param username the username
     * @param password the password
     */
    public void setProxy(String hostname, int port, String username, String password) {
        httpClient.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(new AuthScope(hostname, port),
                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password));
        final HttpHost proxy = new HttpHost(hostname, port);
        final HttpParams httpParams = this.httpClient.getParams();
        httpParams.setParameter(ConnRoutePNames.DEFAULT_PROXY, proxy);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the SSLSocketFactory to user when making requests. By default, a new, default
     * SSLSocketFactory is used.
     *
     * @param sslSocketFactory the socket factory to use for https requests.
     */
    public void setSSLSocketFactory(SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory) {
        this.httpClient.getConnectionManager().getSchemeRegistry()
                .register(new Scheme("https", sslSocketFactory, 443));
    }

    /**
     * Sets the maximum number of retries and timeout for a particular Request.
     *
     * @param retries maximum number of retries per request
     * @param timeout sleep between retries in milliseconds
     */
    public void setMaxRetriesAndTimeout(int retries, int timeout) {
        this.httpClient.setHttpRequestRetryHandler(new RetryHandler(retries, timeout));
    }

    /**
     * Will, before sending, remove all headers currently present in AsyncHttpClient instance, which
     * applies on all requests this client makes
     */
    public void removeAllHeaders() {
        clientHeaderMap.clear();
    }

    /**
     * Sets headers that will be added to all requests this client makes (before sending).
     *
     * @param header the name of the header
     * @param value  the contents of the header
     */
    public void addHeader(String header, String value) {
        clientHeaderMap.put(header, value);
    }

    /**
     * Remove header from all requests this client makes (before sending).
     *
     * @param header the name of the header
     */
    public void removeHeader(String header) {
        clientHeaderMap.remove(header);
    }

    /**
     * Sets basic authentication for the request. Uses AuthScope.ANY. This is the same as
     * setBasicAuth('username','password',AuthScope.ANY)
     *
     * @param username Basic Auth username
     * @param password Basic Auth password
     */
    public void setBasicAuth(String username, String password) {
        setBasicAuth(username, password, false);
    }

    /**
     * Sets basic authentication for the request. Uses AuthScope.ANY. This is the same as
     * setBasicAuth('username','password',AuthScope.ANY)
     *
     * @param username   Basic Auth username
     * @param password   Basic Auth password
     * @param preemptive sets authorization in preemptive manner
     */
    public void setBasicAuth(String username, String password, boolean preemptive) {
        setBasicAuth(username, password, null, preemptive);
    }

    /**
     * Sets basic authentication for the request. You should pass in your AuthScope for security. It
     * should be like this setBasicAuth("username","password", new AuthScope("host",port,AuthScope.ANY_REALM))
     *
     * @param username Basic Auth username
     * @param password Basic Auth password
     * @param scope    - an AuthScope object
     */
    public void setBasicAuth(String username, String password, AuthScope scope) {
        setBasicAuth(username, password, scope, false);
    }

    /**
     * Sets basic authentication for the request. You should pass in your AuthScope for security. It
     * should be like this setBasicAuth("username","password", new AuthScope("host",port,AuthScope.ANY_REALM))
     *
     * @param username   Basic Auth username
     * @param password   Basic Auth password
     * @param scope      an AuthScope object
     * @param preemptive sets authorization in preemptive manner
     */
    public void setBasicAuth(String username, String password, AuthScope scope, boolean preemptive) {
        UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password);
        setCredentials(scope, credentials);
        setAuthenticationPreemptive(preemptive);
    }

    public void setCredentials(AuthScope authScope, Credentials credentials) {
        if (credentials == null) {
            log.d(LOG_TAG, "Provided credentials are null, not setting");
            return;
        }
        this.httpClient.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(authScope == null ? AuthScope.ANY : authScope,
                credentials);
    }

    /**
     * Sets HttpRequestInterceptor which handles authorization in preemptive way, as workaround you
     * can use call `AsyncHttpClient.addHeader("Authorization","Basic base64OfUsernameAndPassword==")`
     *
     * @param isPreemptive whether the authorization is processed in preemptive way
     */
    public void setAuthenticationPreemptive(boolean isPreemptive) {
        if (isPreemptive) {
            httpClient.addRequestInterceptor(new PreemptiveAuthorizationHttpRequestInterceptor(), 0);
        } else {
            httpClient.removeRequestInterceptorByClass(PreemptiveAuthorizationHttpRequestInterceptor.class);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes previously set auth credentials
     */
    public void clearCredentialsProvider() {
        this.httpClient.getCredentialsProvider().clear();
    }

    /**
     * Cancels any pending (or potentially active) requests associated with the passed Context.
     * <p>&nbsp;</p> <b>Note:</b> This will only affect requests which were created with a non-null
     * android Context. This method is intended to be used in the onDestroy method of your android
     * activities to destroy all requests which are no longer required.
     *
     * @param context               the android Context instance associated to the request.
     * @param mayInterruptIfRunning specifies if active requests should be cancelled along with
     *                              pending requests.
     */
    public void cancelRequests(final Context context, final boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
        if (context == null) {
            log.e(LOG_TAG, "Passed null Context to cancelRequests");
            return;
        }

        final List<RequestHandle> requestList = requestMap.get(context);
        requestMap.remove(context);

        if (Looper.myLooper() == Looper.getMainLooper()) {
            Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    cancelRequests(requestList, mayInterruptIfRunning);
                }
            };
            threadPool.submit(runnable);
        } else {
            cancelRequests(requestList, mayInterruptIfRunning);
        }
    }

    private void cancelRequests(final List<RequestHandle> requestList, final boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
        if (requestList != null) {
            for (RequestHandle requestHandle : requestList) {
                requestHandle.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Cancels all pending (or potentially active) requests. <p>&nbsp;</p> <b>Note:</b> This will
     * only affect requests which were created with a non-null android Context. This method is
     * intended to be used in the onDestroy method of your android activities to destroy all
     * requests which are no longer required.
     *
     * @param mayInterruptIfRunning specifies if active requests should be cancelled along with
     *                              pending requests.
     */
    public void cancelAllRequests(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
        for (List<RequestHandle> requestList : requestMap.values()) {
            if (requestList != null) {
                for (RequestHandle requestHandle : requestList) {
                    requestHandle.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
                }
            }
        }
        requestMap.clear();
    }

    /**
     * Allows you to cancel all requests currently in queue or running, by set TAG,
     * if passed TAG is null, will not attempt to cancel any requests, if TAG is null
     * on RequestHandle, it cannot be canceled by this call
     *
     * @param TAG                   TAG to be matched in RequestHandle
     * @param mayInterruptIfRunning specifies if active requests should be cancelled along with
     *                              pending requests.
     */
    public void cancelRequestsByTAG(Object TAG, boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
        if (TAG == null) {
            log.d(LOG_TAG, "cancelRequestsByTAG, passed TAG is null, cannot proceed");
            return;
        }
        for (List<RequestHandle> requestList : requestMap.values()) {
            if (requestList != null) {
                for (RequestHandle requestHandle : requestList) {
                    if (TAG.equals(requestHandle.getTag()))
                        requestHandle.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // [+] HTTP HEAD

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP HEAD request, without any parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle head(String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return head(null, url, null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP HEAD request with parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional HEAD parameters to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle head(String url, RequestParams params, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return head(null, url, params, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP HEAD request without any parameters and track the Android Context which
     * initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle head(Context context, String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return head(context, url, null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP HEAD request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional HEAD parameters to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle head(Context context, String url, RequestParams params,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext,
                new HttpHead(getUrlWithQueryString(isUrlEncodingEnabled, url, params)), null, responseHandler,
                context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP HEAD request and track the Android Context which initiated the request with
     * customized headers
     *
     * @param context         Context to execute request against
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param headers         set headers only for this request
     * @param params          additional HEAD parameters to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle head(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, RequestParams params,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        HttpUriRequest request = new HttpHead(getUrlWithQueryString(isUrlEncodingEnabled, url, params));
        if (headers != null)
            request.setHeaders(headers);
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, null, responseHandler, context);
    }

    // [-] HTTP HEAD
    // [+] HTTP GET

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP GET request, without any parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle get(String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return get(null, url, null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP GET request with parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional GET parameters to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle get(String url, RequestParams params, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return get(null, url, params, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP GET request without any parameters and track the Android Context which
     * initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle get(Context context, String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return get(context, url, null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP GET request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional GET parameters to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle get(Context context, String url, RequestParams params,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext,
                new HttpGet(getUrlWithQueryString(isUrlEncodingEnabled, url, params)), null, responseHandler,
                context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP GET request and track the Android Context which initiated the request with
     * customized headers
     *
     * @param context         Context to execute request against
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param headers         set headers only for this request
     * @param params          additional GET parameters to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle get(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, RequestParams params,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        HttpUriRequest request = new HttpGet(getUrlWithQueryString(isUrlEncodingEnabled, url, params));
        if (headers != null)
            request.setHeaders(headers);
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, null, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP GET request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param entity          a raw {@link HttpEntity} to send with the request, for
     *                        example, use this to send string/json/xml payloads to a server by
     *                        passing a {@link org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity}.
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        application/json if sending a json payload.
     * @param responseHandler the response ha   ndler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle get(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext,
                addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpGet(URI.create(url).normalize()), entity), contentType,
                responseHandler, context);
    }

    // [-] HTTP GET
    // [+] HTTP POST

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP POST request, without any parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle post(String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return post(null, url, null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP POST request with parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional POST parameters or files to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle post(String url, RequestParams params, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return post(null, url, params, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP POST request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional POST parameters or files to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, RequestParams params,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return post(context, url, paramsToEntity(params, responseHandler), null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP POST request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param entity          a raw {@link HttpEntity} to send with the request, for
     *                        example, use this to send string/json/xml payloads to a server by
     *                        passing a {@link org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity}.
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        application/json if sending a json payload.
     * @param responseHandler the response ha   ndler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPost(getURI(url)), entity),
                contentType, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP POST request and track the Android Context which initiated the request. Set
     * headers only for this request
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param headers         set headers only for this request
     * @param params          additional POST parameters to send with the request.
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        application/json if sending a json payload.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, RequestParams params,
            String contentType, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = new HttpPost(getURI(url));
        if (params != null)
            request.setEntity(paramsToEntity(params, responseHandler));
        if (headers != null)
            request.setHeaders(headers);
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, contentType, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP POST request and track the Android Context which initiated the request. Set
     * headers only for this request
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param headers         set headers only for this request
     * @param entity          a raw {@link HttpEntity} to send with the request, for example, use
     *                        this to send string/json/xml payloads to a server by passing a {@link
     *                        org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity}.
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        application/json if sending a json payload.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPost(getURI(url)), entity);
        if (headers != null)
            request.setHeaders(headers);
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, contentType, responseHandler, context);
    }

    // [-] HTTP POST
    // [+] HTTP PUT

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PUT request, without any parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle put(String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return put(null, url, null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PUT request with parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional PUT parameters or files to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle put(String url, RequestParams params, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return put(null, url, params, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PUT request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional PUT parameters or files to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle put(Context context, String url, RequestParams params,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return put(context, url, paramsToEntity(params, responseHandler), null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PUT request and track the Android Context which initiated the request. And set
     * one-time headers for the request
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param entity          a raw {@link HttpEntity} to send with the request, for example, use
     *                        this to send string/json/xml payloads to a server by passing a {@link
     *                        org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity}.
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        application/json if sending a json payload.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle put(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPut(getURI(url)), entity),
                contentType, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PUT request and track the Android Context which initiated the request. And set
     * one-time headers for the request
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param headers         set one-time headers for this request
     * @param entity          a raw {@link HttpEntity} to send with the request, for example, use
     *                        this to send string/json/xml payloads to a server by passing a {@link
     *                        org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity}.
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        application/json if sending a json payload.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle put(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPut(getURI(url)), entity);
        if (headers != null)
            request.setHeaders(headers);
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, contentType, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP
     * request, without any parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle patch(String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return patch(null, url, null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PATCH request with parameters.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional PUT parameters or files to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle patch(String url, RequestParams params, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return patch(null, url, params, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PATCH request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional PUT parameters or files to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle patch(Context context, String url, RequestParams params,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return patch(context, url, paramsToEntity(params, responseHandler), null, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PATCH request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @param entity          a raw {@link HttpEntity} to send with the request, for example, use
     *                        this to send string/json/xml payloads to a server by passing a {@link
     *                        org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity}
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        "application/json" if sending a json payload.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle patch(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPatch(getURI(url)), entity),
                contentType, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP PATCH request and track the Android Context which initiated the request. And set
     * one-time headers for the request
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param headers         set one-time headers for this request
     * @param entity          a raw {@link HttpEntity} to send with the request, for example, use
     *                        this to send string/json/xml payloads to a server by passing a {@link
     *                        org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity}.
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        application/json if sending a json payload.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle patch(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPatch(getURI(url)), entity);
        if (headers != null)
            request.setHeaders(headers);
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, contentType, responseHandler, context);
    }

    // [-] HTTP PUT
    // [+] HTTP DELETE

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP DELETE request.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle delete(String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return delete(null, url, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP DELETE request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle delete(Context context, String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        final HttpDelete delete = new HttpDelete(getURI(url));
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, delete, null, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP DELETE request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param headers         set one-time headers for this request
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle delete(Context context, String url, Header[] headers,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        final HttpDelete delete = new HttpDelete(getURI(url));
        if (headers != null)
            delete.setHeaders(headers);
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, delete, null, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP DELETE request.
     *
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param params          additional DELETE parameters or files to send with the request.
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     */
    public void delete(String url, RequestParams params, AsyncHttpResponseHandler responseHandler) {
        final HttpDelete delete = new HttpDelete(getUrlWithQueryString(isUrlEncodingEnabled, url, params));
        sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, delete, null, responseHandler, null);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP DELETE request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param headers         set one-time headers for this request
     * @param params          additional DELETE parameters or files to send along with request
     * @param responseHandler the response handler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle delete(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, RequestParams params,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        HttpDelete httpDelete = new HttpDelete(getUrlWithQueryString(isUrlEncodingEnabled, url, params));
        if (headers != null)
            httpDelete.setHeaders(headers);
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, httpDelete, null, responseHandler, context);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a HTTP DELETE request and track the Android Context which initiated the request.
     *
     * @param context         the Android Context which initiated the request.
     * @param url             the URL to send the request to.
     * @param entity          a raw {@link HttpEntity} to send with the request, for
     *                        example, use this to send string/json/xml payloads to a server by
     *                        passing a {@link org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity}.
     * @param contentType     the content type of the payload you are sending, for example
     *                        application/json if sending a json payload.
     * @param responseHandler the response ha   ndler instance that should handle the response.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    public RequestHandle delete(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
            ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext,
                addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpDelete(URI.create(url).normalize()), entity), contentType,
                responseHandler, context);
    }

    // [-] HTTP DELETE

    /**
     * Instantiate a new asynchronous HTTP request for the passed parameters.
     *
     * @param client          HttpClient to be used for request, can differ in single requests
     * @param contentType     MIME body type, for POST and PUT requests, may be null
     * @param context         Context of Android application, to hold the reference of request
     * @param httpContext     HttpContext in which the request will be executed
     * @param responseHandler ResponseHandler or its subclass to put the response into
     * @param uriRequest      instance of HttpUriRequest, which means it must be of HttpDelete,
     *                        HttpPost, HttpGet, HttpPut, etc.
     * @return AsyncHttpRequest ready to be dispatched
     */
    protected AsyncHttpRequest newAsyncHttpRequest(DefaultHttpClient client, HttpContext httpContext,
            HttpUriRequest uriRequest, String contentType, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler,
            Context context) {
        return new AsyncHttpRequest(client, httpContext, uriRequest, responseHandler);
    }

    /**
     * Puts a new request in queue as a new thread in pool to be executed
     *
     * @param client          HttpClient to be used for request, can differ in single requests
     * @param contentType     MIME body type, for POST and PUT requests, may be null
     * @param context         Context of Android application, to hold the reference of request
     * @param httpContext     HttpContext in which the request will be executed
     * @param responseHandler ResponseHandler or its subclass to put the response into
     * @param uriRequest      instance of HttpUriRequest, which means it must be of HttpDelete,
     *                        HttpPost, HttpGet, HttpPut, etc.
     * @return RequestHandle of future request process
     */
    protected RequestHandle sendRequest(DefaultHttpClient client, HttpContext httpContext,
            HttpUriRequest uriRequest, String contentType, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler,
            Context context) {
        if (uriRequest == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("HttpUriRequest must not be null");
        }

        if (responseHandler == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("ResponseHandler must not be null");
        }

        if (responseHandler.getUseSynchronousMode() && !responseHandler.getUsePoolThread()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Synchronous ResponseHandler used in AsyncHttpClient. You should create your response handler in a looper thread or use SyncHttpClient instead.");
        }

        if (contentType != null) {
            if (uriRequest instanceof HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase
                    && ((HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase) uriRequest).getEntity() != null
                    && uriRequest.containsHeader(HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE)) {
                log.w(LOG_TAG, "Passed contentType will be ignored because HttpEntity sets content type");
            } else {
                uriRequest.setHeader(HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE, contentType);
            }
        }

        responseHandler.setRequestHeaders(uriRequest.getAllHeaders());
        responseHandler.setRequestURI(uriRequest.getURI());

        AsyncHttpRequest request = newAsyncHttpRequest(client, httpContext, uriRequest, contentType,
                responseHandler, context);
        threadPool.submit(request);
        RequestHandle requestHandle = new RequestHandle(request);

        if (context != null) {
            List<RequestHandle> requestList;
            // Add request to request map
            synchronized (requestMap) {
                requestList = requestMap.get(context);
                if (requestList == null) {
                    requestList = Collections.synchronizedList(new LinkedList<RequestHandle>());
                    requestMap.put(context, requestList);
                }
            }

            requestList.add(requestHandle);

            Iterator<RequestHandle> iterator = requestList.iterator();
            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
                if (iterator.next().shouldBeGarbageCollected()) {
                    iterator.remove();
                }
            }
        }

        return requestHandle;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link URI} instance for the specified, absolute URL string.
     *
     * @param url absolute URL string, containing scheme, host and path
     * @return URI instance for the URL string
     */
    protected URI getURI(String url) {
        return URI.create(url).normalize();
    }

    /**
     * Sets state of URL encoding feature, see bug #227, this method allows you to turn off and on
     * this auto-magic feature on-demand.
     *
     * @param enabled desired state of feature
     */
    public void setURLEncodingEnabled(boolean enabled) {
        this.isUrlEncodingEnabled = enabled;
    }

    /**
     * Will encode url, if not disabled, and adds params on the end of it
     *
     * @param url             String with URL, should be valid URL without params
     * @param params          RequestParams to be appended on the end of URL
     * @param shouldEncodeUrl whether url should be encoded (replaces spaces with %20)
     * @return encoded url if requested with params appended if any available
     */
    public static String getUrlWithQueryString(boolean shouldEncodeUrl, String url, RequestParams params) {
        if (url == null)
            return null;

        if (shouldEncodeUrl) {
            try {
                String decodedURL = URLDecoder.decode(url, "UTF-8");
                URL _url = new URL(decodedURL);
                URI _uri = new URI(_url.getProtocol(), _url.getUserInfo(), _url.getHost(), _url.getPort(),
                        _url.getPath(), _url.getQuery(), _url.getRef());
                url = _uri.toASCIIString();
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                // Should not really happen, added just for sake of validity
                log.e(LOG_TAG, "getUrlWithQueryString encoding URL", ex);
            }
        }

        if (params != null) {
            // Construct the query string and trim it, in case it
            // includes any excessive white spaces.
            String paramString = params.getParamString().trim();

            // Only add the query string if it isn't empty and it
            // isn't equal to '?'.
            if (!paramString.equals("") && !paramString.equals("?")) {
                url += url.contains("?") ? "&" : "?";
                url += paramString;
            }
        }

        return url;
    }

    /**
     * Checks the InputStream if it contains  GZIP compressed data
     *
     * @param inputStream InputStream to be checked
     * @return true or false if the stream contains GZIP compressed data
     * @throws IOException if read from inputStream fails
     */
    public static boolean isInputStreamGZIPCompressed(final PushbackInputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
        if (inputStream == null)
            return false;

        byte[] signature = new byte[2];
        int readStatus = inputStream.read(signature);
        inputStream.unread(signature);
        int streamHeader = ((int) signature[0] & 0xff) | ((signature[1] << 8) & 0xff00);
        return readStatus == 2 && GZIPInputStream.GZIP_MAGIC == streamHeader;
    }

    /**
     * A utility function to close an input stream without raising an exception.
     *
     * @param is input stream to close safely
     */
    public static void silentCloseInputStream(InputStream is) {
        try {
            if (is != null) {
                is.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            log.w(LOG_TAG, "Cannot close input stream", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * A utility function to close an output stream without raising an exception.
     *
     * @param os output stream to close safely
     */
    public static void silentCloseOutputStream(OutputStream os) {
        try {
            if (os != null) {
                os.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            log.w(LOG_TAG, "Cannot close output stream", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns HttpEntity containing data from RequestParams included with request declaration.
     * Allows also passing progress from upload via provided ResponseHandler
     *
     * @param params          additional request params
     * @param responseHandler ResponseHandlerInterface or its subclass to be notified on progress
     */
    private HttpEntity paramsToEntity(RequestParams params, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        HttpEntity entity = null;

        try {
            if (params != null) {
                entity = params.getEntity(responseHandler);
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            if (responseHandler != null) {
                responseHandler.sendFailureMessage(0, null, null, e);
            } else {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        return entity;
    }

    public boolean isUrlEncodingEnabled() {
        return isUrlEncodingEnabled;
    }

    /**
     * Applicable only to HttpRequest methods extending HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase, which is for
     * example not DELETE
     *
     * @param entity      entity to be included within the request
     * @param requestBase HttpRequest instance, must not be null
     */
    private HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase addEntityToRequestBase(HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase requestBase,
            HttpEntity entity) {
        if (entity != null) {
            requestBase.setEntity(entity);
        }

        return requestBase;
    }

    /**
     * This horrible hack is required on Android, due to implementation of BasicManagedEntity, which
     * doesn't chain call consumeContent on underlying wrapped HttpEntity
     *
     * @param entity HttpEntity, may be null
     */
    public static void endEntityViaReflection(HttpEntity entity) {
        if (entity instanceof HttpEntityWrapper) {
            try {
                Field f = null;
                Field[] fields = HttpEntityWrapper.class.getDeclaredFields();
                for (Field ff : fields) {
                    if (ff.getName().equals("wrappedEntity")) {
                        f = ff;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if (f != null) {
                    f.setAccessible(true);
                    HttpEntity wrapped = (HttpEntity) f.get(entity);
                    if (wrapped != null) {
                        wrapped.consumeContent();
                    }
                }
            } catch (Throwable t) {
                log.e(LOG_TAG, "wrappedEntity consume", t);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Enclosing entity to hold stream of gzip decoded data for accessing HttpEntity contents
     */
    private static class InflatingEntity extends HttpEntityWrapper {

        public InflatingEntity(HttpEntity wrapped) {
            super(wrapped);
        }

        InputStream wrappedStream;
        PushbackInputStream pushbackStream;
        GZIPInputStream gzippedStream;

        @Override
        public InputStream getContent() throws IOException {
            wrappedStream = wrappedEntity.getContent();
            pushbackStream = new PushbackInputStream(wrappedStream, 2);
            if (isInputStreamGZIPCompressed(pushbackStream)) {
                gzippedStream = new GZIPInputStream(pushbackStream);
                return gzippedStream;
            } else {
                return pushbackStream;
            }
        }

        @Override
        public long getContentLength() {
            return wrappedEntity == null ? 0 : wrappedEntity.getContentLength();
        }

        @Override
        public void consumeContent() throws IOException {
            AsyncHttpClient.silentCloseInputStream(wrappedStream);
            AsyncHttpClient.silentCloseInputStream(pushbackStream);
            AsyncHttpClient.silentCloseInputStream(gzippedStream);
            super.consumeContent();
        }
    }
}