Description: Ensures the compatibility with the newer version of httpclient available in Debian.
Author: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
Forwarded: https://github.com/lightcouch/LightCouch/pull/30
--- a/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClientBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClientBase.java
@@ -409,14 +409,9 @@
 	 * @param json The JSON String to set.
 	 */
 	protected void setEntity(HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase httpRequest, String json) {
-		try {
-			StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(json, "UTF-8");
-			entity.setContentType("application/json");
-			httpRequest.setEntity(entity);
-		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-			log.error("Error setting request data. " + e.getMessage());
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
-		}
+		StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(json, "UTF-8");
+		entity.setContentType("application/json");
+		httpRequest.setEntity(entity);
 	}
 	
 	/**