gecko-dev/directory/xpcom
dougt%netscape.com 1b9ca82439 Revising nsIChannel to allow for overlapped i/o. This consists of three parts:
1. Factoring nsIChannel into a protocol specific part, the nsIChannel, and a socket specific, the nsITransport.
2. Derive the nsIChannel from a nsIRequest.
2. Changes the notification system from necko and the URILoader to pass the nsIRequest interface instead of nsIChannel interface.

This goal stems from wanting to be able to have active AsyncRead and AsyncWrite operations on nsSocketTransport.
This is desired because it would greatly simplify the task of maintaining persistent/reusable socket connections
for FTP, HTTP, and Imap (and potentially other protocols).  The problem with the existing nsIChannel interface is
that it does not allow one to selectively suspend just one of the read or write operations while keeping the other active.

The full details of the change on written up in the netlib newsgroup.

r=darin@netscape.com
sr=rpotts@netscape.com
2001-02-10 00:16:26 +00:00
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base Revising nsIChannel to allow for overlapped i/o. This consists of three parts: 2001-02-10 00:16:26 +00:00
datasource Not part of the build. Eliminate JS warning. Correct error in CID. Add debugging info. 2001-02-05 15:46:51 +00:00
macbuild Fixing access paths. Not part of the build. 2000-06-28 22:55:26 +00:00
tests update so that datasource tests work with jar packaging. a=r=(not built) 2000-09-29 22:30:12 +00:00
.cvsignore cause "cvs update" to stop whining about generated Makefiles in non-objdir builds 2000-06-06 07:23:21 +00:00
Makefile.in Makefile.in 2000-07-10 21:24:55 +00:00
README.txt Updated description of directories in the tree. a=r=(not built) 2000-07-10 21:27:05 +00:00
TODO.txt test commit; a=r=(not built) 2000-10-25 23:54:02 +00:00
makefile.win first cut at some new-style windows makefiles for the C SDK. these don't really work yet - they are being checked in to allow other developers to collaborate on them. a=r=(not built) 2000-06-16 02:35:41 +00:00

README.txt

This is the home for XPCOM modules that implement LDAP functionality.

What's Here
-----------
base/	
	Implements a wrapper around the LDAP C SDK, as well as support
	for ldap: URLs in the browser.  Written entirely in C++;
	theoretically only depends on necko, xpcom, nspr, and the LDAP
	C SDK.

datasource/
	An RDF datasource, written in Javascript. 

tests/
	Some basic tests to help ensure that things don't break as
        development proceeds.  Currently, there is only some stuff for
	testing the datasource.


Building
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See <http://www.mozilla.org/directory/xpcom.html>.

Dan Mosedale <dmose@mozilla.org>