- From: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:04:05 -0500
- To: Jiang Tao <jiangt@ceci.mit.edu>
- Cc: W3C Lib <www-lib@w3.org>
Jiang Tao writes:
> If I register several converters, when will which
> converter be called?
When data is coming in from the network, the stream stack is called with an
input format, a requested output format and the job for the stream stack
algorithm is then to find the best match. What exactly is the best match
depends on the q factor of the converters and how well they "fit" the input
format and output format requested.
HTConversion_add(c, "text/html", "www/present", HTMLPresent, 1.0, 0.0,
0.0);
means that this converter can present all image types (c is a list that can be
associated with either _all_ requests or a single request as desired). You can
also register a converter using wild cards like for example
HTConversion_add(c, "*/*", "www/present", HTSaveLocally, 0.3, 0.0, 0.0);
means that if nothing better is found then dump it to local file. You can find more examples and descriptions in the User's Guide at
http://www.w3.org/devel/WWW/Library/User/Using/Prefs.html
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Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, <frystyk@w3.org>
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545 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139, USA
Received on Monday, 25 March 1996 18:04:10 UTC