title: Does CXF 3.1.X uses Apache HttpComponents - HttpClient?
body: <p>Does CXF 3.1.x really uses <a href="https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Apache HttpComponents - HttpClient</a> for http transport? Maven dependencies does not list "Apache HttpComponents" as dependency nor do I see any <a href="https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/org/apache/http/client/HttpClient.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HttpClient</a> class in the CXF jars? However <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-6704" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CXF JIRA CXF-6704</a> discusses about it?</p>
  
  <p>I need access to HttpClient in CXF for <a href="https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/ntlm.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NTLM support per connection basis</a> which <a href="http://cxf.apache.org/docs/client-http-transport-including-ssl-support.html#ClientHTTPTransport(includingSSLsupport)-NTLMAuthentication" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CXF by default relies</a> on <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/net/http-auth.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Java 6+ Authenticator</a> which is set per JVM.</p>