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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by js...@apache.org on 2003/02/02 06:11:19 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs features.xml index.xml status.xml
jsdever 2003/02/01 21:11:19
Modified: httpclient/xdocs features.xml index.xml status.xml
Log:
Doc updates.
Revision Changes Path
1.8 +6 -6 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/features.xml
Index: features.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/features.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- features.xml 1 Feb 2003 12:56:23 -0000 1.7
+++ features.xml 2 Feb 2003 05:11:18 -0000 1.8
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
<ul>
<li>Standards based, pure Java, implementation of HTTP versions 1.0 and 1.1
</li>
- <li>HTTP-based methods, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, and OPTIONS
- in an extensible framework.
+ <li>Full implementation of all HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE,
+ HEAD, OPTIONS, and TRACE) in an extensible OO framework.
</li>
<li>Supports encryption with HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) protocol.
</li>
- <li>Connections through HTTP proxies.
+ <li>Transparent connections through HTTP proxies.
</li>
<li>Authentication using Basic, an the encrypting NTLM (NT Lan Manager) methods.
</li>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
<li>HttpMethods implement the Command Pattern to allow for parallel requests
and efficient re-use of connections.
</li>
- <li>Source code is freely available under the Apache Source License.
+ <li>Source code is freely available under the Apache Software License.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2109.txt">RFC2109</a>
- HTTP State Management Mechanism
+ HTTP State Management Mechanism (Cookies)
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC2396</a>
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
1.8 +6 -5 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/index.xml
Index: index.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/index.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- index.xml 1 Feb 2003 12:56:23 -0000 1.7
+++ index.xml 2 Feb 2003 05:11:18 -0000 1.8
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@
significant protocol used on the Internet today.
Web services, network-enabled appliances and the growth
of network computing continue to expand the role of the HTTP
- protocol beyond user-driven web browsers, and increase the
- number of applications that may require HTTP support.
+ protocol beyond user-driven web browsers, while increasing the
+ number of applications that require HTTP support.
</p>
<p>
Although the <tt>java.net</tt>
- package provides basic support for accessing resources via HTTP,
+ package provides basic functionality for accessing resources via HTTP,
it doesn't provide the full flexibility or functionality needed
- by many applications. The Jakarta Commons <em>HttpClient</em> component seeks to fill this void
+ by many applications. The Jakarta Commons <em>HttpClient</em>
+ component seeks to fill this void
by providing an efficient, up-to-date, and feature-rich package
implementing the client side of the most recent HTTP standards
and recommendations. See the <a href="features.html">Features</a> page
1.18 +6 -6 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/status.xml
Index: status.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/status.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
--- status.xml 26 Jan 2003 16:36:24 -0000 1.17
+++ status.xml 2 Feb 2003 05:11:18 -0000 1.18
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
<body>
<section name="Current Status">
- <p>For all current contributors and anyone wishing to contribute to HttpClient,
- we are now in the Beta 1 development stage.</p>
+ <p>For all current contributors and anyone wishing to contribute to or use
+ <em>HttpClient</em>, we are now in the Beta 1 development stage.</p>
<p>There is currently a rather complete list of bugs in
<a href="http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/">bugzilla</a> now. To find
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
list address to the cc field (commons-httpclient-dev@jakarta-apache.org). When you have a
patch, it can be attached directly to the bug. Any discussion can take place on the mailing list.</p>
- <p>While the Alpha 2 release was done just yesterday, it was 14 months from the previous Alpha 1 release.
- While there were many reasons for the previous delay, none of those obstacles are in our way for the i
- Beta 1 drop, which I think many of us would like to see within the month of February.</p>
+ <p>While the Alpha 2 release was finished only recently, it was 14 months from the previous Alpha 1 release.
+ While there were many reasons for the previous delay, none of those obstacles are in our way for the
+ Beta 1 drop, which we would like to see within the month of February.</p>
</section>
<section name="Release Info">
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