Thanks for the explanation Oleg.
I guessed it would be something like that. All the developers at jakarta are of too
high a calibre to make design mistakes. :-)
Regards,
Tarun
-----Original Message-----
From: Kalnichevski, Oleg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:18 PM
To: Commons HttpClient Project
Subject: RE: doubt on HttpClient design regarding HttpMethod
Tarun,
>From what I know of HttpClient's historical background the project started as a
>spin-off of a bigger one. Many design decisions that were perfectly OK for a
>bare-minimum library with a limited scope turned out quite constraining once
>HttpClient started to evolve into a comprehensive general-purpose HTTP toolkit. The
>first generation of HttpClient developers is long gone already and we can only guess
>as to why certain things have been designed the way they are today.
We are perfectly aware of many shortcomings of the existing design (including this
one) and are planning to embark on a complete API overhaul right after 2.1 release.
HttpMethod interface split into HttpRequest/HttpResponse pair is the very first item
on our to-do list
Regards,
Oleg
-----Original Message-----
From: Elankath, Tarun (Cognizant) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: doubt on HttpClient design regarding HttpMethod
Hi all,
I am new to HttpClient and was reading through its "Getting started" section. What
struck me immediately is that HttpMethods are full-fledged objects of their own in
HttpClient. I think this is a great idea.
However, I don't understand why HttpClient couldn't have something like a HttpResponse
object that is returned when execute() is called. It just seems a bit kludgy to call
getResponse() on the HttpMethod object itself.
Was there a design reason on why this was done ?
PLUS: I am enjoying this library. Thank you for it!
Regards,
Tarun
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