Rick McGuire wrote: > The one feature I like about the AHC client that appears to be missing > here is the higher-level abstraction of an HTTP request. The one > drawback of doing everything with URLs is the requirement that the user > of the client needs to be responsible for encoding all of the parameter > information in the URL. In the AHC approach, a request is configured as > an operation to a particular address and additional specifics of the > operation are attached to the request (parameters, credentials needed > for authentication, proxy configuration etc.). The AHC client then uses > that information to handle the URL encoding, authentication challenges, > proxy connection, etc. There are times where a straighforward "fetch me > this URL mode" is sufficient. There are other situations where that > becomes awkward to use.
Thanks for the feedback Rick. That's one of the issues I've been going back and forth on. In the HttpConnection interface, you have no choice but to build and send an HttpRequest manually. So you have some flexibility there. I've been debating whether or not to put support for sending a raw HttpRequest in the 'simplified' HttpClient. I've been leaning toward add that functionality to the HttpClient your reply is making me lean even further in that direction. -Mike > > Rick > > Mike Heath wrote: >> I posted some use cases here: >> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AWEB/ClientUseCases They >> still need some refinement to properly convey what I want but they're a >> decent start. >> >> I've also posted a hypothetical AsyncWeb Client API at >> http://swamp.homelinux.net/mina/asyncweb/client/api/ with the intent to >> further promote discussion and foster more innovative ideas. I would >> love to here some feedback on this API. What do you like, dislike, not >> understand? Where do you see room for improvement? The API is really >> rough in places but for the most part it conveys the ideas I've had over >> the past week or so. Any suggestions for name changes to classes and/or >> methods are welcome. >> >> -Mike >> >> > >
