Yes, it would be nice and there are actually already 2 RFEs covering this:
4640805: Protocol and content handlers SPI
6249864: make it easier to write custom url handlers
However this is no small task, specially considering the compatibility
and security constraints.
So far resources (or lack of thereof) have prevented us of working on it.
Jim Andreou wrote:
Hi,
A quick note: Wouldn't it be nice if clients could add URL handling
interceptors and monitor incoming/outgoing data themselves? For any
URL protocol they would be interested into, not http in particular.
Recently I looked into the existing URL protocol handling architecture
(e.g. [1], which promises a new era for protocol handlers, but it
seems that the existing support is cumbersome and restricting -
sorry, I can't elaborate right now) but it seems to make any such
scenario impossible.
Any comments?
Thanks,
Dimitris Andreou
[1] http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/protocolhandlers/
2009/6/25 <jean-christophe.col...@sun.com
<mailto:jean-christophe.col...@sun.com>>
Changeset: 70c0a927e21a
Author: jccollet
Date: 2009-06-25 18:56 +0200
URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/tl/jdk/rev/70c0a927e21a
6811297: Add more logging to HTTP protocol handler
Summary: Added extra logging to HttpURLConnection and HttpClient.
Added a capture tool.
Reviewed-by: chegar
! make/sun/net/FILES_java.gmk
+ src/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/HttpCapture.java
+ src/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/HttpCaptureInputStream.java
+ src/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/HttpCaptureOutputStream.java
! src/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/HttpClient.java
+ src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpLogFormatter.java
! src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java
