UrlConnections versus HttpURLConnection versus Apaches HttpClient

I need to send a get request to a secure url and process the response.
The options that I have are java.net.UrlConnection, java.net.HttpUrlConnection and org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient. What would be the best choice?

Thanks!

URLConnection is abstract. Most any URLConnection is actually an instance of HttpURLConnection. So that's one down.
I've had good results with both HttpClient and URLConnection. HttpClient makes it easy to manage cookies so if you have to maintain a session I'd go with it.

Thanks!

Hi,

Can't we use servlet to post the request here? Do we need to use URLConnection for sending the data over a secured connection.

Thanks
Ravi

Can't we use servlet to post the request here?

You can't use a servlet to send a request. Servlet can only receive a request and send a response.

How foolish Am I

. I haven't even read the question properly. Anyways thanks for clarification.

Thanks
Ravi