RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-07 Thread Waldhoff, Rodney
In looking at CVS and list archives, it appears there have been significant modifications since then. Are there any plans to update the release and the documentation? My preference is to do a beta 1 release with what we have right now, and work toward a cleanup more-or-less along the lines

Re: HttpClient development

2002-05-07 Thread Rainer Klute
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of those things is a user's guide, but honestly, that's still pretty low on the priority list right now. There are still bugs and features that need to be addressed. I suggest the following priority list: 1. Fix blocking and major bugs. 2. Write documentation

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Waldhoff, Rodney
3. is there any way to set the User-Agent string for an httpclient? Nope, but this has come up before. If there isn't one already, add an enhancement request to the Bugzilla database so we don't forget. Actually, there is a way on a method-per-method basis. Simply call

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Waldhoff, Rodney
3. is there any way to set the User-Agent string for an httpclient? Nope, but this has come up before. If there isn't one already, add an enhancement request to the Bugzilla database so we don't forget. You can do this on a per-method basis: method.setRequestHeader(User-Agent,My user

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Amir D. Kolsky
As a developer new to HttpClient I have to admit to be extremely confused by the package. Several usage models are concurrently impelemented, virtually no documentation exists as to how to do what, and worse, it appears that there is no one at the helm to guide this package in a coherent and

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Scott Sanders
Yes, this is the place. Ask away. Scott -Original Message- From: Donald Ball [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 1:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HttpClient development is this the appropriate forum to ask questions about HttpClient development? is

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Xiaowei Jiang
, May 06, 2002 4:56 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Subject: RE: HttpClient development 3. is there any way to set the User-Agent string for an httpclient? Nope, but this has come up before. If there isn't one already, add an enhancement request to the Bugzilla database so we don't forget

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread otisg
PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 4:56 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Subject: RE: HttpClient development 3. is there any way to set the User-Agent string for an httpclient? Nope, but this has come up before. If there isn't one already, add an enhancement request to the Bugzilla

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Xiaowei Jiang
on the overall design and more attension should be paid to real user's needs for httpclient. just my oppinion. xiaowei -Original Message- From: Amir D. Kolsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:52 AM To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: RE: HttpClient development

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Donald Ball
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 12:52, Amir D. Kolsky wrote: As a developer new to HttpClient I have to admit to be extremely confused by the package. Several usage models are concurrently impelemented, virtually no documentation exists as to how to do what, and worse, it appears that there is no one at

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Marc . Saegesser
: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:52 AM To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: RE: HttpClient development As a developer new to HttpClient I have to admit to be extremely confused by the package. Several usage models are concurrently impelemented, virtually no documentation exists as to how

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Waldhoff, Rodney
+1 to all of that. Well said Marc. There are two usage models that I know of: HttpClient and HttpMultiClient. A third model, and the one I use almost exclusively, is to ignore HttpClient (and HttpMultiClient) altogether and just work with HttpMethod, HttpConnection and HttpState directly.

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Donald Ball
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 16:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please provide specific examples of *what* you found confusing and *why*. Better yet, supply patches or documentation that you think make things better, this is a volunteer effort. a simple document walking through an example program

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Amir D. Kolsky
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: HttpClient development Please provide specific examples of *what* you found confusing and *why*. Better yet, supply patches or documentation that you think make things better, this is a volunteer effort. There are two usage models that I know of: HttpClient and HttpMultiClient

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-06 Thread Donald Ball
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 17:43, Donald Ball wrote: anyway, attached is a short usage sample document for HttpClient. i'll see about fleshing it out if anyone has any comments. er, okay, looks like jakarta's mail server silently drops attachments. here it is inline. - donald ?xml version=1.0?

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-05 Thread Marc . Saegesser
Yes, to both questions. I've been a little short on time recently, but I'm hoping to get back into things a little more next week. Marc Saegesser -Original Message- From: Donald Ball [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 3:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-05 Thread Donald Ball
On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 17:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, to both questions. I've been a little short on time recently, but I'm hoping to get back into things a little more next week. excellent. well, i'm writing a validating web spider using httpclient, dom4j, and tidy (though i hope to

Re: HttpClient development

2002-05-05 Thread dion
2 x yes. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers is this the appropriate forum to ask questions about HttpClient development? is anyone actively working on HttpClient? - donald -- To unsubscribe,

RE: HttpClient development

2002-05-05 Thread Marc . Saegesser
-Original Message- From: Donald Ball [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 1. i use the httpclient object. why is it necessary or desirable to manually open and close a session to each individual web server? Why? historical reasons, mostly. Take a look at the new HttpMultiClient class in the