java.net.URL Implementation

The org.waterken.url library is a drop-in replacement for the default java.net.URLStreamHandler implementation provided with the JDK. As described in the Javadoc for java.net.URL, activate the Waterken^TM URL handlers by adding a system property definition to the java command line:

java -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=org.waterken.url ...

This software is distributed as part of the Waterken^TM Server, under the Open Source MIT License.

Features

• httpsy implementation
• http implementation
• • Implements HTTP/1.1
  • Implements HTTP/1.0 persistent connections
  • Shares a single connection for all requests to a given site
  • Implements request pipelining
  • Automatically retries TCP/IP connection using alternate addresses from the DNS
  • Allows an arbitrary HTTP request Method
  • Output is written directly to the network, not to a buffer
  • Input is read directly from the network, not from a buffer
  • Implements RFC 2817 TLS/1.0 upgrade

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