On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:29 AM, Greg Wilkins <gregw_at_webtide.com> wrote:
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> On 11 May 2017 at 16:35, Martin Mulholland <mmulholl_at_us.ibm.com> wrote:
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>> If getTrailerFileds() is called before -1 is read on the request, why
>> would we throw an exception if the headers have already been received?
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> Because allowing access to the trailers before a well specified event is
> opening up applications to be dependent on particular server behaviour.
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> For example, Jetty has a mode where we delay dispatching a request to the
> servlet container until at least one content packet has arrived. This can
> avoid dispatching a thread only to immediately block trying to read content.
> An app run on jetty would thus often be able to see trailers before -1 is
> read, because Jetty will have waited for the body before calling the
> servlet, yet it would fail on a container that did not delay dispatch.
>
> So for portability, we need a precise condition that must be met before
> trailers are made available. Containers that have the trailers in advance
> must not make them available until the application has met its part of the
> contract.
+1
Stuart
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> cheers
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