On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 15:17:35 GMT, Michael McMahon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'd like to return to this issue with a new PR that addresses the usability >> issue minimally. Namely to define numeric constants >> for the counter-intuitive responseLength values in >> `HttpExchange.sendResponseHeaders`. The apidoc then refers to the constant >> names rather than the numeric values. >> >> I've updated the implementation and some tests (though not all yet) to use >> the constant names. I'm open to suggestions on the names themselves. Once >> that is agreed, I'll update the remaining tests and any other call sites in >> the implementation. >> >> Thanks, >> Michael > > Michael McMahon has updated the pull request incrementally with one > additional commit since the last revision: > > update I don't disagree but adding new APIs is a bigger maintenance cost than adding two simple constants. I believe the proposed change will improve the usability. The `sendResponseHeaders(int, long)` cannot be removed, and even if we added a new API it would still be here. There's also the impacts on the SPI to take into account. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28132#issuecomment-3492203779
