I saw some emails from 2 years ago regarding a patch for Request
Dispatcher, something like part of the Java Servlet 2.3 API, from the
looks of it. I was fooling around on the weekend and implemented
something similar before I ran across those old posts on the mailing
list.
I notice the author submitted a patch, but it's never been accepted into
CVS. I think the include/forward mechanisms of the request dispatcher,
in addition to the ability to create a chain of filters (also like Java)
would be incredibly useful for WEBrick, and I know they would make life
easier for application builders.
I'd like to try my hand at implementing the necessary changes to WEBrick
to support filter chains, and an include/forward mechanism, similar to
the Java Servlet 2.3 API, as I mentioned.
I don't think it necessarily needs to be part of WEBrick, although I
think that would be cool. However, I think I will need to make some
changes to WEBrick to support the filters, probably adding some new
callbacks.
Any tips or guidelines if I want to have these changes accepted into
CVS?
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Derek Lewis
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