[PATCH] DefaultSocketImplFactory

[Roman Kennke]

Hi,

the patch is missing one thing: the same DefaultSocketImplFactory should
be used in ServerSocket.

/Roman

Am Montag, den 10.03.2008, 20:23 +0100 schrieb Roman Kennke:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to port the network code to the JamaicaVM. It appears that
> the PlainSocketImpl (or its subclass SocksSocketImpl) that is used by
> default in java.net.Socket is not really feasible to use as SocketImpl,
> and I would rather be able to choose different implementations for some
> platforms. However, the choice of SocksSocketImpl is hardwired in the
> Socket class. I propose to do something similar as in DatagramSocket and
> InetAddress, and choose the implementation based on the property
> impl.prefix, using a factory class.
> 
> The exact name of the property might be different though, otherwise we
> might introduce a small incompatibility, when somebody uses the
> impl.prefix property (or is it used internally? that would be even
> worse) then he would now also have to provide a SocketImpl for that
> prefix. Maybe we should choose 'socketimpl.prefix' then?
> 
> What do you think, is such a change feasible? It would certainly make my
> life a lot easier.
> 
> Cheers, Roman
> 
-- 
Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Roman Kennke, Software Engineer, http://kennke.org
aicas Allerton Interworks Computer Automated Systems GmbH
Haid-und-Neu-Straße 18 * D-76131 Karlsruhe * Germany
http://www.aicas.com   * Tel: +49-721-663 968-0
USt-Id: DE216375633, Handelsregister HRB 109481, AG Karlsruhe
Geschäftsführer: Dr. James J. Hunt