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[servlet-spec users] Re: Clarification on non blocking reads

From: Filip Hanik <devlists_at_hanik.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:16:48 -0600

thanks Greg. I did read through the archives.

I'll give it a shot, but I believe there would need to be clarification on the state machine of async. can you timeout if you have a pending write? can you have a dispatch at the same time as a read/write event etc.

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On Jul 4, 2012, at 11:07, Greg Wilkins <gregw_at_intalio.com> wrote:

> On 29 June 2012 00:57, Filip Hanik (mailing lists) <devlists_at_hanik.com> wrote:
>> Does the expert group believe that this is the best API to move forward
>> with?
>
> Filip,
>
> it is hard to say because I'm a little unsure of the exact state of
> the API. The last published version had inconsistencies between the
> document and the javadoc, lacked some decisions made on the list and
> lacked a lot of javadoc.
>
> Some on the list appear to think that it is well specified and have
> implementations already, but then say that their implementations are
> different from the spec in some ways - so that's just as confusing.
>
> So I'm waiting for the next version.
>
> Note that there has already been considerable debate about the various
> styles, so it would be worthwhile reading the archives of the list
> while we wait for the next version.
>
> regards
>
> --
> Greg Wilkins <gregw_at_intalio.com>
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