HcHttpClient (abstract base class)
    ├── Hc4HttpClient
    └── Hc5HttpClient
```

Switch via system property: `-Dfess.crawler.http.client=hc4` or `hc5` (default)

**Key Properties**: `connectionTimeout`, `soTimeout`, `proxyHost`, `proxyPort`, `userAgent`, `robotsTxtEnabled`, `ignoreSslCertificate`, `maxTotalConnection`, `defaultMaxConnectionPerRoute`

### CrawlerClientFactory

                        if (httpConfigurationAll != null) {
                            connectTimeoutXml = httpConfigurationAll.getChild("connectionTimeout", false);
                            if (connectTimeoutXml != null) {
                                connectTimeout = Integer.parseInt(connectTimeoutXml.getValue());