>From what I've heard from you two, 4.0 looks to have a bright future. I agree >with making it more modular so that clients & servers & proxies can share as >much as possible. There is a lot that can be shared, and presently, much >logic is inextricably intertwined into httpclient. I'll check out the sources >sometime to provide feedback.
Thanks. ~ David Smiley On Friday, July 08, 2005, at 08:34AM, Michael Becke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi David, > >As Ortwin mentioned there are no real plans to do anything with the >test server other than test HttpClient. Though, as part of the 4.0 >redesign we do hope to make HttpClient more modular and suitable to >use in a client, server, or proxy. My guess is that at some point we >will create a simple HTTP server using 4.0 http-common and the test >server. Anything you'd like to contribute to the process would be >certainly appreciated. > >Mike > >On 7/8/05, David Smiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello all. I am new to this list. Not long ago I was looking for >> open source HTTP server/proxy code that I could use to transform >> requests & responses in a proxy server configuration. There is code >> in the test sources of httpclient that I, strangely enough, did NOT >> find when I was looking for an http proxy but I DID find by accident >> later, to my pleasant surprise. >> >> I was quite impressed with the server code in the test sources. If >> anybody thinks there is no such thing as self-documenting code, then >> they haven't seen these sources. However, the code was not without >> its flaws and I found myself making moderate changes--particularly >> for extensibility. And despite the self-documenting nature, some >> things were not clear and snagged me. >> >> What is the disposition of the server code in the test sources? That >> is, are there plans / dreams of it being something bigger than its >> role now or will it indefinitely remain as something whose only >> purpose is to test httpclient? If its the former than I'd like to >> share specific comments on the sources for improvement. I've looked >> over the httpclient main source tree, and it seems a bit long in the >> tooth (I mean no disrespect). There seems to be some overlap of >> functionality between the source trees. I wonder if the next version >> of httpclient (4.0) could undergo a sort of re-birth using the server >> code. Or maybe not but it could use a healthy re-write or major re- >> factoring. >> >> Cheers, >> >> ~ David Smiley >> MITRE >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
