Name: aaR10142 Date: 11/03/2000



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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 13:44:42 -0700
From: "Rene W. Schmidt" <###@###.###>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; I)
To: "Andrey Chernyshev[CONTRACTOR]" <###@###.###>
CC: ###@###.###, ###@###.###, ###@###.###,
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Subject: Re: Extension protocol questions

Ad 1: The implementation seems to be wrong. b12 is suppose
      to support the full extension download protocol.


/Rene

"Andrey Chernyshev[CONTRACTOR]" wrote:
>
> Hello Rene,
>
> Again I'm asking the questions, this time the following items are
> unclear for us:
>
> 1. Extension Download protocol. Consider the following example:
>
> <extension href="ext1.exe" name="Extension 1">
> </extension>
>
> produces the request: GET /ext1.exe HTTP/1.0
>
> And if we add version attribute :
> <extension href="ext1.exe" name="Extension 1" version="1.4">
> </extension>
>
> request will be :
> GET /ext1.exe?version-id=1.4&arch=sparc&os=SunOS&locale=en HTTP/1.0
>
> So the fields arch,os and locale appear in the request only if version based
> protocol is used. At the same time, the spec says:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> An extension can either be named with a URL or a URL/version-string pair.
> If only a URL is specified, the basic download protocol plus a set of additional fields are used.
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> If both a URL and a version string are specified, the version-based download protocol plus a set
> of additional fields are used.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> So it seems that in all cases (both for basic and version based protocol) request should
> include fields arch,os and locale.
> Below is another spec excerpt which also stands for it:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <extension href="http://www.mysite.com/servlet/ext/coolaudio"/>
> The HTTP request would be based on the basic download request and look
> like this (given that a Java 2 SE 1.2 JRE is available):
>http://www.mysite.com/servlet/ext/coolaudio?arch=x86&os=Windows+95&locale=en_US&known-platforms=1.2
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> It seems that we have a contradiction between the spec and implementation.
> Which one of them is right in this case?
> Also, we will appreciate any info on:
> - What javaws versions (build numbers) have support for ext. download protocol > - Is it fully supported in the most recent (b12) build.
>
                                                        
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