public static HttpClient GetHttpClient()
{
// we return a new instanceof httpclient beacause there
// is no way to provide new http request message handler
// for each request made and it makes mocking of network calls
// impossible. So to circumvent, we simply return new instance for
// for mocking purposes.
if (ReturnHttpClientForMocks)
{
return(new HttpClient(HttpMessageHandlerFactory.GetMessageHandler(ReturnHttpClientForMocks)));
}
if (_client == null)
{
lock (LockObj)
{
if (_client == null)
{
_client = new HttpClient(HttpMessageHandlerFactory.GetMessageHandler(ReturnHttpClientForMocks));
}
}
}
return(_client);
}
private static HttpClient CreateHttpClient()
{
var httpClient = new HttpClient(HttpMessageHandlerFactory.GetMessageHandler(ReturnHttpClientForMocks))
{
MaxResponseContentBufferSize = MaxResponseContentBufferSizeInBytes
};
return(httpClient);
}