On Mon, 2018-04-23 at 15:24 +0200, Sandra Parsick wrote: > Hello Mailinglist, > > I have following problem: I use the method "ContentType.create" to > create a ContentType. The current implementation of this method > transforms the input mimetype to lower case. One of our clients > accepts > only "Content-Type" Header as case-sensitive string. Unfortunately, > we > and our customer have no possibilities to change the client > implementation in this case (some backward compatibilities etc). We > know > that this client implementation doesn't follow the RFC spec. > Nevertheless, I can't use the factory method for creating the > ContentType. Instead, I have to build the Http Header with a > StringBuilder. This approach is very error-prone. So my question to > you > is, is it possible to add a flag to ContentType factory method to > avoid > the lower case transformation? If it's possible, I could prepare a > Pull > Request for this issue. > > Best regards, > > Sandra Parsick >
Hi Sandra It, of course, would be possible but would it be wise to drag something that is clearly not right into a general purpose library? In your particular case you might want to create an application specific copy of ContentType and change its behavior as you deem fit. Oleg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org
