gecko-dev/extensions/pics
dougt%netscape.com 1b9ca82439 Revising nsIChannel to allow for overlapped i/o. This consists of three parts:
1. Factoring nsIChannel into a protocol specific part, the nsIChannel, and a socket specific, the nsITransport.
2. Derive the nsIChannel from a nsIRequest.
2. Changes the notification system from necko and the URILoader to pass the nsIRequest interface instead of nsIChannel interface.

This goal stems from wanting to be able to have active AsyncRead and AsyncWrite operations on nsSocketTransport.
This is desired because it would greatly simplify the task of maintaining persistent/reusable socket connections
for FTP, HTTP, and Imap (and potentially other protocols).  The problem with the existing nsIChannel interface is
that it does not allow one to selectively suspend just one of the read or write operations while keeping the other active.

The full details of the change on written up in the netlib newsgroup.

r=darin@netscape.com
sr=rpotts@netscape.com
2001-02-10 00:16:26 +00:00
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public Bug 37275, Changing value of all progids, and changing everywhere a progid 2000-09-13 23:57:52 +00:00
src Revising nsIChannel to allow for overlapped i/o. This consists of three parts: 2001-02-10 00:16:26 +00:00
tests Bug 37275, Changing value of all progids, and changing everywhere a progid 2000-09-13 23:57:52 +00:00
.cvsignore Ignore generated files. 1999-05-10 06:25:15 +00:00
Makefile.in updated xPL license boilerplate to v1.1, a=chofmann@netscape.com,r=endico@mozilla.org 1999-11-06 03:43:54 +00:00
makefile.win Adding a new flag to the Win32 build system. Set DISABLE_TESTS=1 to skip 2000-02-25 04:12:40 +00:00