26301 - OpenInputStream produces a blocking stream.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Judson Valeski]

http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/profile/Acct/nsAccount.cpp#368

shows a line using the channel->OpenInputStream() api. The result is that the 
user is handed an input stream to read data from. The inputStream->Read() call 
is a blocking call and can/will block the thread it's called on. If this steam 
is guaranteed to be read from a thread other than the UI thread, evaluate 
whether or not the blocking behavior is ok, and if so, close this bug. 
Otherwise, your code need to do an asynchronous load of the URI. If you don't 
want to implement nsIStreamListener, please look at nsIStreamLoader.idl which 
will call a callback function you implement when all the data has arrived (it 
does all the asyncronous work for you).

Comment 1

[Judson Valeski]

same here http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/profile/Acct/nsAccount.cpp#458

Comment 2

[varada]

This module is currently not used in seamonkey and was part of the dialup effort 
on windows for the browser. I will mark it M18 so that when do this part it will 
be redone with this bug in mind.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has not been touched for more than nine months. In most cases, that 
means it has "slipped through the net". Please could the owner take a moment to 
add a comment to the bug with current status, and/or close it.

Thank you :-)

Gerv

Comment 4

[varada]

Closing Bug.
This module is not used in seamonkey and was part of the dialup effort on 
windows for the browser.