Re: [naviserver-devel] Simple http proxy handler

[Vlad S. <vl...@cr...>]

It will require 2 hash calls but currently it results in error, so 2 
calls will not be that bad if default handler will be able to process 
request.

Stephen Deasey wrote:
> On 9/18/06, Vlad Seryakov <vl...@cr...> wrote:
>>> I don't know, I'm asking...
>>>
>>> I was wondering why registering a proxy handler is different than a
>>> regular registered proc.  Do they have to be different?
>>>
>>> The main difference seems to be that you can register a proxy for a
>>> protocol, i.e. http or https, but you don't have that option with
>>> regular registered procs.
>> correct
>>
>>> Is this an important distinction to make though?  Registered procs can
>>> still check the protocol, manually, if they care.
>> right
>>
>>> Re having to register for each method, that also is sometimes a
>>> problem for registered procs. Maybe allowing something like:
>>>
>>>   ns_register_proc * /* callback
>>>
>>> Where the only supported symbol is '*', meaning 'default, if no more
>>> specific method is registered'.  Perhaps that's too confusing --
>>> people will expect full glob support.  I don't think glob support is
>>> possible, or even desirable here.  Url handlers are supposed to be
>>> deterministic, only one will match some URL (unlike filters).
>> Agree, i will take a look. but glob does not work with url-specific
>> hashes and we want to keep them, they are very fast
>>
> 
> Agree. Maybe it was confusing to suggest using '*' syntax to mean
> 'default' and not 'globbing pattern'.
> 
> What do you think to allowing defaults for methods?
> 
> i.e. If a GET request comes in, and a GET handler is registered, run
> it. This will be just as quick as now.
> 
> If a PROPFIND request comes in, there is no PROPFIND handler, but
> there is a default handler, run the default handler.
> 
> I'm not sure if this *is* feasable.  But sometimes it seems like this
> would be useful.
> 
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