Re: [Classpath-inetlib] IMAPConnection(SocketFactory, String host, int port, ..)

[Chris Burdess]

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Daniel Harvey wrote:
> To allow the user to switch between IMAP/443 and
> SSL-IMAP/993, I've added this constructor to 
> gnu.inet.imap.IMAPConnection.
>
> Note this is a different protocol than starttls().

That's correct. I'm firmly of the opinion that this duplication of 
protocols is harmful. IMAP is a stateful protocol, unlike HTTP, so a 
separate IMAPS protocol is redundant, and this policy of protocol 
duplication doesn't scale.

> I'd prefer if the recently added starttls code were changed to
> take a SocketFactory instead of a TrustManager, to eliminate the
> requirement of needing to find the TrustManager class at compile
> time.

There are other classes that are part of GNU Crypto that are also 
required at compile time (and at runtime). These classes will shortly 
be merged into Classpath, reducing the current configuration 
complexity.

The issue here is determining which interface is the correct one to 
expose, not the most convenient.
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Chris Burdess
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