RE: Novel HTTP methods and the standard Sun Java SDK (was RE: Revised draft of CBD)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-rdf-interest-request@w3.org
> [mailto:www-rdf-interest-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of ext Stefano
> Mazzocchi
> Sent: 07 October, 2004 16:07
> To: Stickler Patrick (Nokia-TP-MSW/Tampere)
> Cc: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Novel HTTP methods and the standard Sun Java SDK (was RE:
> Revised draft of CBD)
> 
> 
> Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com wrote:
> 
> > I was not referring to the creation of a servlet responding
> > to URIQA requests, but for using the Java API to *make*
> > requests to other URIQA-englightened servers.
> > 
> > If you try to set the request method to anything other than
> > one of the "standard" methods, an exception is thrown, but
> > *without* the side effect, so you can't just catch and 
> > disregard the exception (meaing "I know what I'm doing")
> > and proceed.
> > 
> > I tried to get a simple change made to the SDK where a
> > single line of code was moved (not changed) such that the
> > method was set prior to the test and thrown exception, so
> > that careless or naiive users would still have the "protection"
> > of the exception being thrown but savvy (or careless ;-)
> > users could disregard the exception and proceed with the
> > request, using the specified "non-standard" method.
> > 
> > The change wouldn't even impact any existing applications,
> > which would presume the exception in any case.
> > 
> > See the attached slides. It's trivially simple.
> > 
> > At present, you can't use the standard Java SDK for URIQA,
> > WebDAV, or any other solution employing "non-standard"
> > methods, which is a great pity.
> 
> Ah, yeah, the java.net package notoriously sucks. For this and a 
> numberous of other reasons, the HTTPClient library was 
> created in Apache 
> Jakarta Commons, pretty much anybody serious with HTTP 
> connectivity does 
> not use the standard library.

That's good to know. And here I was thinking I was in
a minority of users... ;-)

Patrick

> 
> -- 
> Stefano.
> 
>

Received on Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:44:33 UTC