I have been thinking along the same line. Unfortunately, HttpMethodBase and HttpConnection, which is a concrete class, are tightly coupled. They can't be easily decoupled. Another strategy would be to make HttpClient an interface, but unfortunately HttpConnction is being used directly by a few folks out there.
There are numerous limitations of the current architecture we can't work around (at least nicely). Our strategy is to release 2.0 as soon as the existing HttpClient is reasonably stable and bug-free and move past current API compatibility where we would have a chance to improve the overall design Cheers Oleg On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 18:49, Sergio Berna wrote: > Dont worry it was just a philosophical question. > > Do you think it would be possible to extend a new ConnectionManager, > HttpConnection and SocketFactory to include NIO as a plugin without breaking > backwards compatibility? > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Oleg Kalnichevski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: jueves, 27 de marzo de 2003 18:32 > Para: Commons HttpClient Project > Asunto: Re: NIO > > > HttpClient is being used by a few Apache projects that only recently > abandoned 1.1 compatibility (after long and heated debates). I am afraid > if we want to play nicely with those folks, JDK 1.4 is no-go for years > to come. > > Oleg > > On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 18:15, Sergio Berna wrote: > > One more question, but this one is just philosophy and self knowledge. > > > > Do you have any plans to work with NIO in some way? > > I suppose it presents mainly problems with backwards compatibility > althought > > it promises higher control and efficiency over socket streams and several > > things such as socketchannels and shared buffers would be the best way of > > creating a multithreaded connection manager. > > > > Have you had any discussion about this? > > > > Thx for your time. > > > > Sergio. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
