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[jsr340-experts] Re: [servlet-spec users] Re: SERVLET_SPEC-19

From: Mark Thomas <markt_at_apache.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:46:44 +0000

On 12/02/2013 18:44, Rajiv Mordani wrote:
>
> On 2/12/13 1:39 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:
>> On 11/02/2013 23:52, Rémy Maucherat wrote:
>>> On 02/11/2013 10:31 PM, Rajiv Mordani wrote:
>>>> Actually in thinking about this - since the listeners are exposed to
>>>> developers, it will break backward compatibility adding these new
>>>> methods to the listener. Not sure if I want to add these to the
>>>> ServletRequestListener.
>>> That doesn't sound like a very good idea indeed.
>> ServletRequestDispatchListener?
>
> Do we need one at all?

That is a question for the CDI folks. They needed something.

Tomcat put in a container specific option to address the original
problem. If CDI needs a hook then it seems better to use a spec provided
hook. If a Filter will work then great. If not, I think we need to add
something.

Mark