thanks sven do you know if we should merge with the latest version in 1.4?
Stef On Nov 13, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > Hi, > > This is a list of the most important changes to Zn since May 1st 2011: > > - added brand new ZnClient to replace all other HTTP clients (who became > deprecated) > this is an object to build, execute and process HTTP client requests, > it has a rich protocol to construct requests and to access responses, > it has various error handling options, > it can reuse an existing connection to a specific host:port, > it can handle sessions, cookies, redirects and authentication, > it has many options (settings) with sensible defaults. > here is the simplest example: > ZnClient new > get: 'http://zn.stfx.eu/zn/numbers.txt' > and here is an example using some features to make a better HTTP request: > ZnClient new > systemPolicy; > accept: ZnMimeType textPlain; > http; > host: 'zn.stfx.eu'; > path: 'zn/numbers.txt'; > contentReader: [ :entity | entity contents lines collect: [ :each | > each asNumber ] ]; > ifFail: [ :exception | self inform: 'I am sorry: ', exception > printString ]; > get > - added support so that HTTPS works out of the box if Zodiac is present. > this should work when Zodiac is loaded and the necessary plugin is present: > ZnClient new > url: 'https://www.google.com/search'; > queryAt: 'q' put: 'Pharo Smalltalk'; > get > - added a new subclass, ZnManagingMultiThreadedServer, that keeps track of > open > worker connections so that they can be properly closed when needed. > to use this server with the Zn Seaside adaptor, you can do this: > ZnZincServerAdaptor new > port: 8080; > serverClass: ZnManagingMultiThreadedServer; > start > - refactored ZnNetworkingUtils, it is now (also) a factory for creating > socket streams > - added ZnDispatcherDelegate for straight-forward dispatching to mapped urls > (thx Nick Ager) > - cleanup of the cookie handling API > - fixed support for HTTP proxies (thx Alexandre Bergel for reporting) > - localhost URLs are now excluded from being proxied > - working around SocketStream>>#atEnd issues by using #peek > - implemented support for proxies that require authorization > - introduced ZnConnectionTimeout process variable > - added ManagedServers class variable to ZnServer to dispatch the system's > #startUp/#shutDown messages to all server instances that are #register-ed > - implemented client side support for If-Modified-Since and Not Modified > - changed ZnMimePart>>#fieldValueString to return an empty string instead of > 'nil' > when the field is empty or absent (Thx Lukas Renggli) > - added support for dealing with certain defaults in ZnUrl > - added code to throw a ZnMissingHost exception when a bogus ZnUrl is used to > connect to a HTTP host > - added ZnMimeType wildcard constants #any and #text > - added ZnHttpUnsuccessful and ZnUnexpectedContentType exceptions > - added a nice example to ZnEasy class>>#getPng: (Thx Lukas Renggli) > - added ZnUtils class>>#parseHttpDate: for use in ZnCookie>>#expiresTimeStamp > - added optional delegate #close-ing to ZnServer hierarchy > - added some Pharo 1.2 compatibility (ZnMultiThreadedServer>>#exceptionSet:) > - lots of small fixes, cleanup and improved documentation > > Sven > >
