Custom method support

It’s impossible to register a custom Method with safe/idempotent semantics or whether it permits/forbids a body since the demise of the global, mutable, despicable registry.

package com.example

package object cornercase {
  val BLORP: Method = ???
}

We can make Method.fromString("BLORP") === BLORP. But we can’t define that BLORP is safe, idempotent, or what type of body it takes. We also can’t make Method.fromString("BLORP") eq BLORP. You can do both of these things in akka-http.

Does anybody out there actually BLORP? If you do, can you figure out how to do this without global state?

[rossabaker]

My view: if you’re important enough to be a flyweight with recognized properties, you’re important enough to be in the IANA registry.

Anyone want to fight? 🥊 🥊

[rossabaker]

There is no longer a mutable registry.