I received this today. Looks interesting, especially the last sentences. the URL is: http://www.alphaWorks.ibm.com/tech/DAV4J gian P.S. I've nothing to do with IBM... > ( Application Development, Java [ James Amsden ] ) > > Dav4J provides a standard protocol for distributed authoring support based on the >highly successful > and widely adopted HTTP protocol. > > > Posted on: 7 May 1999 > > Platforms(s): Windows 95, Windows NT > > > WebSphere DAV4J client API provides Java client applications with a simple, rich >interface for > accessing resources managed by a WebDAV server. Using this API, client >applications are relieved > from managing the details of the low level HTTP communication protocol, >constructing and parsing > XML request and response entity bodies, and the complexities of the WebDAV >semantics. DAV4J > also provides a servlet that with WebSphere AppServer extends the Apache Web >server with the > WebDAV protocol. > > This DAV4J release provides: > > Protocol independent (not just WebDAV) communication between client and server > applications including support for http:, rmi:, and local access. Support for >iiop: will be > provided in a future release. Local access is used if the host name in the URL >is the local host > and no port is specified. > > A high-level, object-oriented interface capturing the WebDAV semantics that >can interface > with any WebDAV compliant server. > > A Java servlet that along with WebSphere AppServer enables DAV level 2 methods >in the > Apache Web server. The Apache Web server can be configured so that some URLs >can be > handled either directly by the Apache server without WebDAV methods while >other URLs are > handled by the DAV4J servlet with WebDAV methods. This allows a single Apache >server to > be both a production and authoring server on different resource collections. > > The ability to access multiple back end repository managers using a single, >common, > standard, simple protocol: WebDAV. In this release, the only repository >manager included is > the file system. There is also support for the NetObjects Authoring Server >available from > NetObjects. Future releases will include support for the TeamConnection family >of repository > managers. > > Platform independent, 100% pure Java portability. > > This release of DAV4J contains the IBM DAV4J client API, the DAV4J servlet, and >the file system > repository manager. By changing a few simple properties, the WebSphere AppServer >can be > configured to support the WebDAV methods in the Apache Web server. WebDAV is >described in the > IETF draft specification >http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-webdav-protocol-08.txt. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] READ THE FAQ!!!! <http://java.apache.org/faq/> Archives and Other: <http://java.apache.org/main/mail.html/> Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
