[Q][3.6a][Network-Rewrite] "HttpUrl >> retrieveContents"considered harmful?

Michael Rueger m.rueger at acm.org
Thu Jun 26 15:10:21 UTC 2003


Brent Vukmer wrote:

>>However I see that HTTPSocket now subclasses from 
>>OldSimpleClientSocket. Has the network-rewrite stuff provided 
>>an alternative that I should swap in?  

> 
> Ooops.  OK, I see that the *Client network classes now subclass from
> ProtocolClient, which uses SocketStream.  Cool. But HTTPClient hasn't
> gotten migrated yet, I gather?

That's correct.
I took that out as too many modifications and innovations are happening 
in Comanche and Seaside in that area.
And it won't really help to just rewrite the HTTPSocket. The URI package 
came out of the initial attempt to rewrite the HTTP related stuff.


Michael




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