[Simpleweb-Support] RFE: Response.redirect()

[David F. <da...@da...>]

Hi,

I'd like to request a convenience method for issuing HTTP redirects.
Something like Response.redirect(String url).

In general, the Request and Response interfaces seem to fully capture
the power of the HTTP protocol, but using them requires knowledge of
that protocol.  So far, I've had to refer to the protocol twice now: to
find the spelling of the Referer field and to look up the 302 redirect
response code and the Location header.  

Have you made the conscious choice to require knowledge of the HTTP
protocol in order to use Simple effectively? Or do you plan to add
convenience methods for querying things like referrers and performing
common techniques like redirecting responses?

Finally, I can't tell from the Response javadoc whether I can just call
commit() after setting my redirect headers, or whether I need to call
getOutputStream().close() to send the response along with an empty
response body.  Perhaps you could clarify this.

Thanks,

	David Flanagan