Generic HttpEntity support in HttpClientRequest

[ppslim]

The HttpClientRequest Rest engine already leverages org.apache.http.HttpEntity in HttpClientRequest#execute for the items supported via StringEntity, but misses an extremely cheap chance for wider support via is HttpEntity-> r.entity = entity

Due to the lack of open classes, it is current required to clone HttpClientEngine, HttpClientRequest & HttpClientResponse (plus ext functions on Rest.post) in order to support generic HttpEntity support.

In my use case, I have a single call requirement (application login) that involves multipart. Rest provides all the support I need except this.

With the engine/request/response cloned, I am now able to leverage the Apache clients MultipartEntityBuilder

[edvin]

I've added support for passing HttpEntity along like you suggested :)

[ctadlock]

Closing as resolved