2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/HttpClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/HttpClient.java
index 66e970a154..6f13a86237 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/HttpClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/HttpClient.java
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public class HttpClient extends RestClient {
 
 	protected final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpClient.class);
     private TargetEntity targetEntity;
-	public HttpClient(URL host, String contentType, TargetEntity targetEntity) {
+
+    HttpClient(URL host, String contentType, TargetEntity targetEntity) {
 		super(host, contentType);
 		this.targetEntity = targetEntity;
-
 	}
 
     @Override
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/HttpClientFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/HttpClientFactory.java
index 9705d7d0c4..d02c18ff56 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/HttpClientFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/HttpClientFactory.java
@@ -20,11 +20,20 @@
 package org.onap.so.client;
 
 import java.net.URL;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import org.onap.so.utils.TargetEntity;
 
 public class HttpClientFactory {
 
-    public HttpClient create(URL host, String contentType, TargetEntity targetEntity) {
-        return new HttpClient(host, contentType, targetEntity);
+    public HttpClient newJsonClient(URL host, TargetEntity targetEntity) {
+        return new HttpClient(host, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, targetEntity);
+    }
+
+    public HttpClient newXmlClient(URL host, TargetEntity targetEntity) {
+        return new HttpClient(host, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, targetEntity);
+    }
+
+    public HttpClient newTextXmlClient(URL host, TargetEntity targetEntity) {
+        return new HttpClient(host, MediaType.TEXT_XML, targetEntity);
     }
 }