2014-06-18 23:40 GMT+02:00 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > I have been thinking about connector refactoring for Tomcat 9. Currently > BIO is planned to be dropped due to the number of features in the > servlet spec that rely on non-blocking IO. > > I would like to propose dropping support for Comet in Tomcat 9 onwards. > The reasons are: > - WebSocket is already far more popular (based on question volume on the > users list) > - Comet support adds a fair amount of complexity to the connector code > > Thoughts? > > Keep in mind that 8.0.x isn't stable yet and any 9.0.x is likely to be > several years away. > > Yes, of course, that API is only a precursor to Servlet 3.1, and is now fully replaced. Most likely existing code can be ported over to Servlet 3.1 rather easily.
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