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rickhall edited comment on FELIX-756 at 10/21/08 7:42 AM: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, we just recently removed the "strict" property from the trunk, since we removed the last feature than depended on it. It is not clear if this should be controlled by a property, since it does open a security hole in the general case, but we can implement the capability first before deciding how to control it. Should this target 1.4.0? was (Author: rickhall): Yes, we just recently removed the "strict" property from the trunk, since we removed the last feature than depended on it. It is not clear if this should be controlled by a property, since it does open a security hole in the general case, but we can implement the capability first before deciding how to control it. > Allow URLStreamHandler services to override built-in handlers. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: FELIX-756 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-756 > Project: Felix > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Framework > Affects Versions: felix-1.2.2 > Reporter: Karl Pauls > Assignee: Karl Pauls > > In certain cases it might be desirable to override built-in URLStreamHandlers > with services provided by bundles. As of now, the spec doesn't allow this > (see 11.3.2 ff) but it might in the future. Furthermore, it looks like other > implementations are less strict on this issue as we are. For now, the best > one can do is to put handlers in the classpath of the framework and make them > available via the java.protocol.handler.pkgs properties. This way, one can > override the built-in handlers but needs control over the jvm (which is not > the best solution). > It should be possible to add an option to felix that will register handlers > that proxy the built-in ones but prefer registered URLStreamHandler services > if there is one available for a given schema. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.