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Re: mark UriBuilder.userInfo(String) as deprecated?

From: Marc Hadley <Marc.Hadley_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:29:16 -0400

On Jun 6, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Stephan Koops wrote:
>>> what about mark UriBuilder.userInfo(String) as deprecated in the
>>> javadoc and as annotation, because it is deprecated in RFC 3986?
>> Does the deprecation only apply to passing a password ? It reads
>> that way to me.
> yes you are right. I thought, it was fully deprecated. RFC 3986
> says, that a password should (not mst) be ignored. Is it useful to
> define this?
>
I'd rather avoid restating requirements and advice from other specs,
that is a slippery slope...

Marc.

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Marc Hadley <marc.hadley at sun.com>
CTO Office, Sun Microsystems.