On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 04:36 -0700, Juergen Weber wrote: > >> It's just my guess that HttpURLConnection is a commonly used class, so it > >> would offer itself to be replaced by another, better implementation. > > > > Yes, it is used a lot, but the API is very limited. > > Replacing the implementation won't fix the API. > > Limited it might be, but I guess HttpURLConnection is the defacto HTTP > Client for Java (java HttpURLConnection gives 385.000 hits on google). > > If HttpClient would provide a HttpURLConnection compatible implementation, > HttpClient could advertise with "Just plug in our HCHttpURLConnection and > you get a better HttpURLConnection without changing your code". > > Many users would be happy with the HttpURLConnection API, if only > HttpURLConnection would work with proxies and SSL without having to mess > with System Properties and Authenticators. > > Thanks, > Juergen
Juergen You are very welcome to contribute such implementation. We'll happily take it. Oleg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
