Re: [mod_backhand-devel] mod_backhand client for Java

On Jul 29, 2004, at 9:01 AM, Alan Williamson wrote:
> Afternoon good developers of mod_backhand.

Hello

> I just want to say that this is an excellent piece of software and its 
> a credit to you all.   I would therefore like to contribute a new 
> library to it that i think the community will enjoy.

Thank you.

> mod_backhand monitors the health of Apache; which is all fine and 
> dandy, but not much use if you have a Java Servlet/JEE application 
> hanging off the back of it.  In many instances, Apache will still be 
> alive but the backend will be dead or under stress.  Need to monitor 
> the Java app.

This is spectacular.

> I have recently had this situation.
>
> To that end, i have built a complete Java library that you can use to 
> communicate back to mod_backhand that its alive with all the normal 
> broadcast parameters.  Its very small and lightweight.   As you can 
> appreciate, this opens up the world to Java now.
>
> Questions i have:
>
> [1] Can i contribute this to the main mod_backend project/website?

Yes.

> [2] If yes, what license do you want to put this under?  I have no 
> issues with releasing the source code.

Apache-style

> [3] Who do i send the code/docs to?

Me.

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