final HttpRequest request =
new BasicHttpRequest("GET", uri, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
HttpClientConnection conn = getConnection(mgr, route);
mgr.connect(conn, route, 0, context);
mgr.routeComplete(conn, route, context);
context.setAttribute(HttpCoreContext.HTTP_CONNECTION, conn);
context.setAttribute(HttpCoreContext.HTTP_TARGET_HOST, target);