[Opensim-dev] enhancing IStream(ed)Handler interface to pass in request/response object

[Dr Scofield]

still trying to grok BaseHttpServer i'm trying to work out how a 
RestStreamHandler could pass back stuff like content type, result code, 
redirects, checking for access keys or alternative content-type conveyed 
via HTTP request header.

content type it's seems could be done by overriding the ContentType 
property in a subclass of RestStreamHandler --- though, i'd view that as 
the "default" content type. we'd like to be able to supply alternative 
content types (if the request specified that it would accept those), so 
a more dynamic way of setting the content type would be good.

result code i currently don't see how we could return that from a 
RestStreamHandler. likewise redirects.

checking for access keys supplied in the HTTP request is also not 
possible (as far as i can tell, if there is a way, please, let me know :-)

if we were to pass in the HTTPRequest and HTTPResponse objects as 
additional parameters to the IStream(ed)Handler invocations then the 
handler would have access to the HTTP request and could set response 
values as necessary --- any objections to that?

    cheers,
    dr scofield

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