[webkit-dev] CookieJar needs client interface?

[Stephan Assmus]

Hi all,

I am currently implementing the cookie jar backend for the Haiku port and 
browser. Looking at the other implementations, most of them do it in their 
network platform code, many are still incomplete. Isn't handling of cookies 
something browser specific? Looking at the Qt port, it seems like a drastic 
layering violation, using classes from WebKit in WebCore. So I was 
wondering if this shouldn't be implemented in a similar pattern to other 
"client" interfaces. With a CookieJarClient which has to be implemented in 
WebKit support code, thus allowing a WebKit client specific change of 
behavior with a clean separation of layers. Is this a good line of thought 
and is there any interest in something like this?

I have set up build environments for the GTK port, Haiku of course and I 
could also get the Qt port compiling. So that I could try to provide 
implementations for at least these platforms. Another approach could be to 
provide the implementation for Haiku only, so that other ports could adopt 
this scheme if and when they want. Assuming of course that this change is 
at all desirable.

Best regards,
-Stephan