Embedded HTTP server

[Michael McMahon]

David M. Lloyd wrote:
> On 06/18/2008 11:03 AM, Christopher Hegarty - Sun Microsystems Ireland 
> wrote:
>> I think that this thread should be moved to the net-dev alias.
>>
>> I know that Michael is certainly a member of net-dev and is currently 
>> the owner of the HTTP server.
>
> OK, great.  To restate the original subject of this thread (which has 
> been lost): What about an effort to make a standard web server API in 
> the JDK (javax.net.httpserver perhaps)?  I for one would be interested 
> in such an effort, based on the API for com.sun.httpserver.
>
> - DML
David,

It was originally intended that the httpserver API would be part of the 
platform
(actually in the package suggested above) but some members of the 
umbrella JSR for
jdk 6 didn't agree with including a http server API in Java SE. So, it 
was dropped from the platform.
And that is why we put it in com.sun.

Personally, I wouldn't have any problem with putting it back in the 
platform, though presumably
this question of whether it blurs the line between Java SE and EE would 
have to be addressed.

- Michael.

(I suggest we continue the conversation exlcusively on net-dev)