On May 30, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Bill Burke wrote:
> I'd like to get rid of or deprecate any getSize()/getLength() methods
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> * MessageBodyWriter.getSize() should be deprecated and maybe have its language changed so that the value returned here is ignored, or at least, future implementations should always return -1. The reason for this is that the MBW should have full control on whether a Content-Length header is set or not and the JAX-RS runtime should not set this.
So, is your suggestion that all MBW's set Content-Length in writeTo?
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> * ClientRequestContext.getLength() should be removed. Users will not (and should not) be setting a Content-Length header. Also, usually this value will never be known within a filter/interceptor invocation.
I tend to agree, yes.
-- Santiago