rest-assured/src/main/java/io/restassured/config/HttpClientConfig.java
public HttpClientConfig httpClientFactory(HttpClientFactory httpClientFactory) {
        return new HttpClientConfig(httpClientFactory, httpClientParams, httpMultipartMode, shouldReuseHttpClientInstance, NO_HTTP_CLIENT, true);
    }
public HttpClientConfig httpClientFactory(HttpClientFactory httpClientFactory) {
        return new HttpClientConfig(httpClientFactory, httpClientParams, httpMultipartMode, shouldReuseHttpClientInstance, NO_HTTP_CLIENT, true);
    }
Set the http client factory that Rest Assured should use when making request. For each request REST Assured will invoke the factory to get the a the HttpClient instance.

@param httpClientFactory The http client factory to use.
@return An updated HttpClientConfig