pjs/intl
dougt%netscape.com 69415757ab 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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chardet Removing dead .toc files. Not part of build. a=sfraser. 2001-01-03 01:32:06 +00:00
compatibility #45797 - fix consumers of NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS 2000-11-17 08:06:12 +00:00
locale add nsFontPackage for font downloading trigger code. sr=erik 2001-02-06 12:40:23 +00:00
lwbrk #4237 Line breaking-line which contains "\" and "??" does not break. 2001-01-30 01:54:51 +00:00
strres Revising nsIChannel to allow for overlapped i/o. This consists of three parts: 2001-02-10 00:16:26 +00:00
uconv Fix for 67978; invalid reg key 2001-02-07 20:10:01 +00:00
unicharutil #65732 2001-01-18 15:35:00 +00:00
.cvsignore Ignore generated files. 1999-01-22 06:33:54 +00:00
Makefile.in updated xPL license boilerplate to v1.1, a=chofmann@netscape.com,r=endico@mozilla.org 1999-11-06 03:43:54 +00:00
makefile.win updated xPL license boilerplate to v1.1, a=chofmann@netscape.com,r=endico@mozilla.org 1999-11-06 03:43:54 +00:00