RE: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread David . Hay
Ok...thanks! -Original Message- From: Kalnichevski, Oleg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 10:00 AM To: Commons HttpClient Project Subject: RE: Prompting user for authentication? David, Regarding release target dates, all I can do is to offer my guesstimates: H

RE: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread Kalnichevski, Oleg
David, Regarding release target dates, all I can do is to offer my guesstimates: HttpClient 2.0 release: Novemeber 2003 HttpClient 2.1 alpha1: January 2004 HttpClient 2.1 beta1: March 2004 HttpClient 2.1 release: May 2004 Oleg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread David . Hay
Great! I'll look forward to that release then. (BTW, got a rough target date for release?) In the meantime, my current solution will work, as I don't *have* to support NTLM authentication just yet. I would suspect that any authorization callback handler would need to pass along the host, port, re

RE: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread Kalnichevski, Oleg
Steve, HttpClient 2.1 is being actively developed on CVS HEAD. Donation of a patch would be highly appreciated. The patch would still have to go through the usual review and approval cycle, though. Cheers Oleg -Original Message- From: Steve Vaughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue

Re: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread Steve Vaughan
Oleg, I was aware of the bug writeup, but hadn't noticed the target milestone. I see that the status is still "NEW", so I assume that work hasn't started. I would be happy to donate code and time when this development begins. -Steve On Tuesday 30 September 2003 09:46 am, Kalnichevski, Oleg w

RE: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread Kalnichevski, Oleg
Steve, Integrated callbacks are planned for the next release (currently designated as 2.1) http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10794 Oleg -Original Message- From: Steve Vaughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:19 PM To: Commons HttpClient Projec

Re: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread Steve Vaughan
I disagree. It seems counter-intuitive to me that every application that uses HttpClient should have to provide the same block of code to perform a function as fundamental as authentication. HttpClient already handles most authentication, but doesn't currently allow for any form of user intera

Re: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread Adrian Sutton
On 30/09/2003 10:12 PM, "Steve Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of our engineers developed a patch for HttpClient which allows a callback > handler to be registered with an HttpClient instance. A registered handler > could prompt the user for username/password. When a handler isn't > re

Re: Prompting user for authentication?

2003-09-30 Thread Steve Vaughan
One of our engineers developed a patch for HttpClient which allows a callback handler to be registered with an HttpClient instance. A registered handler could prompt the user for username/password. When a handler isn't registered, the HttpClient works as it does now. -Steve On Monday 29 Sept