On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 12:44 +0200, Daniel Mueller wrote: > Hi all, > > In what state is the new version of the httpclient? I checked it out from > SVN and it seems to be using the new httpcore underneath. I think you have > refactored the original httpclient into two projects, so the two are fully > functional. Is that correct?
This is correct. As we leaned from our experience of building and maintaining HttpClient 3.x there were many cases where monolithic HttpClient proved not flexible enough, primarily when used in proxies of some kind or by web crawlers. So, we wanted to make HttpClient more modular to enable users to assemble their own custom HTTP services in a piecemeal fashion. Currently we maintain two independently versioned modules: HttpCore and HttpClient, but we are open to accepting more components into the fold _provided_ there are enough contributors to maintain them. > And since my main interest lies in the nio part > of the httpcore, what needs to be done to have this part working with the > httpclient (if there's anything which is not working, not sure about that)? > Some pointers would be great, so I can speed up my understanding of the > code. > This used to be and still is a major point of contention. I believe NIO makes very little sense for 'pure' HTTP servers and clients. To date NIO has always tended to be significantly slower than classic I/O as long as the number of I/O worker threads was below several thousands. I still do not see a valid use case where a pure HTTP client may need more than just a handful of I/O threads (a few hundred at most). That basically eliminates all advantages of NIO for HttpClient. Having said all that, I am very, very, very open to helping people build client side components based on HttpCore NIO to be used in some HTTP proxy or gateway services. Hope this clarifies things somewhat Cheers Oleg > Cheers, > Daniel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
