[jira] [Created] (HTTPCLIENT-1294) CircularRedirectException is falsely thrown on URI case mismatch

["Michiel Proce (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Michiel Proce created HTTPCLIENT-1294:
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             Summary: CircularRedirectException is falsely thrown on URI case mismatch
                 Key: HTTPCLIENT-1294
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1294
             Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: HttpClient
    Affects Versions: 4.2.2, 4.1.3
            Reporter: Michiel Proce
            Priority: Minor


Some servers (including IIS6) redirect wrong-cased request URIs to lower case:
http://EXAMPLE.com/ -> http://example.com/

Now when I'm redirected from another URI to an uppercase URI, the following redirects happen:
http://referrer.com/ -> http://EXAMPLE.com/ -> http://example.com/

When running this request with HttpClient (with default ALLOW_CIRCULAR_REDIRECTS: false), I get a org.apache.http.client.CircularRedirectException, even though a circular redirect won't occur.

The problem lies in java.net.URI, the following URIs are considered equal:
URI a = new URI("http://example.com");
URI b = new URI("http://EXAMPLE.com");
// a.equals(b): true
// a.hashCode() == b.hashCode(): true

The redirect locations are stored in a HashSet<URI> in org.apache.http.impl.client.RedirectLocations. A CircularRedirectException is thrown when an URI is already in this hashset.

I have no real suggestions on how to fix this, because I am not known with the coding style for HttpClient..

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