Re: Bug? HttpMethod.removeRequestHeader( "User-Agent" ) does not remove the header

[Oleg Kalnichevski <o....@dplanet.ch>]

Mike,
Of course, the users should be able to do silly things if they insist.
But do not think we should actively participate. I find current
HttpClieet's behavior correct. At the same time, I could live with a
patch 
Oleg
 
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 20:48, Michael Becke wrote:
> > This makes sense from an internal point of view, but from a user's 
> > perspective it's kind of weird: You call removeRequestHeader and it 
> > doesn't get removed.  I was wondering if we should modify HttpMethodBase 
> > so that it adds the default User-Agent header in the constructor and in 
> > recycle() instead.  That way, removeRequestHeader would work.
> > 
> > If folks think this is a good idea, I'll submit a patch.
> 
> My only concern is that a method should contain a User-Agent header, 
> according to the RFC. If people don't see this as such a big deal then I 
> say go for it.
> 
> Mike
> 
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