RFR: 8347348: Clarify that the HTTP server in jdk.httpserver module is not a full featured server

[Josiah Noel]

On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 13:06:55 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Can I please get a review of this doc-only change which clarifies the purpose of the HTTP server that's provided in the JDK's `jdk.httpserver` module? This should help avoid any confusion on the purpose of the server.

I get that the built-in implementation was initially designed for simple use cases. (Even though using virtual threads can get you serviceable performance) 

But is it really the case that the entire API should not be implemented for non-testing use-cases? Why have an SPI then?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23004#issuecomment-2580216647