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[jsr369-experts] Re: [servlet-spec users] [141-GenericFilter/HttpFilter] ACTION: PROPOSAL

From: Shing Wai Chan <shing.wai.chan_at_oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:36:16 -0700

If we have abstract base filters, do we still need no-ops default filter
methods?

Shing Wai Chan

On 10/5/15, 3:29 PM, Edward Burns wrote:
> Here's another one I'd like to get in for EDR. Like
> 142-ListenerDefaultMethods, this one came from the users list.
>
> I've uploaded a snapshot of the javadoc to [1] but basically this adds:
>
> * Default no-op methods in javax.servlet.Filter
>
> destroy()
>
> init()
>
> * New abstract class javax.servlet.GenericFilter [2]
>
> * New abstract class javax.servlet.http.HttpFilter [3]
>
> Please weigh in on these by 17:00 PDT Wednesday 2015-10-07.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>