Hello Aaron,
1. for the time being, this list is the right place.
2. Your idea sounds more like a feature request than
a use case to me. It does not say to what purpose
you would actually _use_ the HttpClient.
3. Currently, you can set parameters that are not
explicitly specified by the application/library through
DefaultHttpParams.getDefaultParams().setParameter(...)
I don't see that changing anytime soon.
4. As a middleware programmer, you bet *I* would lock
out applications if I could, for the following reasons:
a) applications using a library are supposed to use the
library's API, not hack through the internals
b) if an application plays around with internal parameters
and thereby breaks the library functionality, there will
be bug reports claiming that the library is broken.
These are extremely hard to track down, because the
bug report most likely will not mention that someone
is playing around with the internals.
cheers,
Roland
Aaron Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
12.02.2005 23:54
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Re: [Jakarta-HttpClient Wiki] New: RequestForUseCases
I would like to raise (or keep alive) this use case but cannot edit the
wiki (so I hope the list is the right place to raise it):
OrthogonalInstrumentation
It would be nice if HttpClient provides a way to perform configuration
either at a global scope, or according to some criteria, independent of
direct programmatic usage; for example through system properties,
static/global configuration mutators, or classloader lookups. This
would allow client applications to configure or modify http client
behavior when Commons HttpClient is used by an intermediary library
which does not or should not expose access to HttpClient. You can be
sure there will be libraries that use HttpClient internally, but will
not expose it, locking consumer applications out of customizing http
client behavior.
Aaron Hamid
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