gecko-dev/uriloader
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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base Revising nsIChannel to allow for overlapped i/o. This consists of three parts: 2001-02-10 00:16:26 +00:00
build Bug #63193 --> register our default protocol handler 2001-02-07 04:23:34 +00:00
exthandler Revising nsIChannel to allow for overlapped i/o. This consists of three parts: 2001-02-10 00:16:26 +00:00
macbuild Part of fix for bug 45225. Need to move part of appledouble decoder to uriLoader. SR=mscott 2001-02-07 04:10:41 +00:00
.cvsignore this directory is not part of the build!!! 1999-11-02 19:18:04 +00:00
Makefile.in Throw the switch and start building exthandler on unix. Not actually called by anything yet. 2000-06-22 06:25:45 +00:00
makefile.win don't build this obsolete directory. 2001-02-06 04:40:32 +00:00