Implement libhttp sub-component "net"

[clauspruefer]

Short Description

A small client library is needed for a) performance tests and b) globally for HTTP/1.2 request processing.

Detailed Description

The following socket processing has to be performed, after the "Content-Length" HTTP-Header has been read out and the End-Byte position has been calculated.

while (Parser.position != EndBytePos) {
    int rc = read(Socket, Buffer, BufferSize);
    errnr = errno;
    if (rc < 0 && errnr == EAGAIN) { //-repeat }
    if (rc < 0 && errnr != EAGAIN) { /* set error */ break; }
    if (rc == 0) { /* set error, con closed */ break; }
    if (rc > 0 ) { append_buffer(); }
    if (timeout) { /* set error timeout */ break; }
}

Also keep in mind: Closing a TCP-Connection needs:

• shutdown
• loop on read()
• close()

Implementation Proposal

Implementation should be done using libevent in /lib/event.

[clauspruefer]

Only HTTP/1.2 relevant, not HTTP/1.1.