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So if http4k is targeting java 21 in v6, can we please not drop the Java8HttpClient?  It's still incredibly useful on serverless due to its significantly faster cold start time.

of course - the Java8 HTTP client is just a wrapper around a URL connection -it's probably badly named TBH...

we're not planning on dropping anything - the only reason we dropped the dust templates was that nashhorn was deprecated and removed

TBH I got confused the first time.  I thought 8 > no number.  But I can't think of a better name for the `JavaHttpClient`.  It's name already implies it to be the default choice.  Perhaps `Java8HttpClient` could be renamed to `LegacyJavaHttpClient` or something to indicate it's a fallback.  Or `HttpsUrlConnectionHttpClient` just like the AWS SDK does

It's definitely not legacy - it's more JavaUrlConnectionHttpClient