With the introduction of async i/o in Servlet 3.1 it is now possible for
applications to read post data asynchronously. However applications which
process parameters sent as post data can only take advantage of async i/o
if they are willing to parse the parameters themselves without use of the
convenience methods provided by ServletRequest.
I propose this is addressed and we provide a method for applications to
receive parameters as post data using async i/o without having to do their
own parsing. There are many ways to do this. My suggestions are:
Option 1. Add a new parameterListener object with methods
onParameterAvailable, onAllParametersRead, and onError (same equivalent
methods as a readListener). It could be registered with the input stream
just like readListener.
Option 2: Add a new method ServletRequest.addParameters(byte[][]
parameterBytes) This can then be called by the application's readListener
once it has received all of the post data.
Thank you,
Martin Mulholland.
WebSphere Application Server Web Tier Architect
email: mmulholl_at_us.ibm.com
IBM RTP, PO BOX 12195, 503/C227,
3039 Cornwallis Rd, RTP, NC 27709-2195
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