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Re: Redirection support

From: Jakub Podlesak <Jakub.Podlesak_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:00:41 +0100

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:42:25AM +0100, Paul Sandoz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jersey attempts to support automatic redirection by default. But there
> are some problems highlighted here [1]. The redirection implementation
> is a little buggy but also it can cause some surprises for people when
> it is working correctly (for example when using 'curl' without the -L
> option).
>
> This makes me think that by default this functionality should be
> switched off. What do others think?

I agree with switching it off by default.

~Jakub

Note: I personaly hate any embedded (i call it "AI") functionality (in whatever system),
where the system thinks it has better knowledge than a user, what the user wants
(e.g. automatic corrections in MS Office drove me crazy at certain time, etc.)

>
> Paul.
>
> [1]
> https://jersey.dev.java.net/servlets/BrowseList?list=users&by=thread&from=1028195
> https://jersey.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=38
>
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