WE had this problem as well, and we didn't even bother to subclass, we just changed the word protected to public and let it be. But I do think there ought to at least be a "get port" method in the baseclass
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Dynamic Web Server port assignment Part of our app. creates a "callback" web server, for receiving asynchronous event notification. I'd like to have the WebServer class pick a dynamic port for me, and from what I can see if a pass a port number of "0" into the constructor it will do this. Snag is, the serverSocket field is a protected variable and there's no getXXX method to gbet the actual port number assigned. Seems I can probably subclass WebServer to get around this, but wondered if anyone felt it merited inclusion in the base class. -- Rob Walker SoftSell Business Systems, Ltd. ' testing solutions for a changing world ' +44 (20) 7488 3470 www.softsell.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
