Made parallel aware.

Added stuff for parameter steering.  See doc/Steering.txt.

Added stuff for HTTP Basic authentication.  See doc/Auth.txt.

Tom


git-svn-id: http://svn.cactuscode.org/arrangements/CactusConnect/HTTPD/trunk@9 1faa4e14-9dd3-4be0-9f0e-ffe519881164

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index a267fad..5fb88ea 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The current interface for this webserver is contained in
 http_Request.h
 
 (Note that this will change once we have an agreed common protocol for
-other thorns to talk to web-serving thorns.)
+other thorns to talk to web-serving thorns.)  There are also utility
+interface for parameter steering and HTTP authentication, which are
+described in the files in the doc directory.
 
 The primary mechanism is to
 
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@ file.
 Structure of the thorn:
 ----------------------
 
-The thorn is split into two parts - web serving and content provision.
+The thorn is split into three parts - basic web serving, utilities,
+and content provision
 
 Web serving:
 -----------
@@ -124,6 +127,17 @@ The above files should not need to be touched apart from debugging
 purposes, to add more HTTP methods, or otherwise to enhance the
 interaction with the network and protocols.
 
+Utilities:
+_________
+
+The web server provided utilities to help content provision -
+
+Steer.c             - parameter steering interface
+                    - see doc/Steering.txt
+
+Authorisation.c     - HTTP authentication
+                    - see doc/Auth.txt
+
 Content Provision:
 -----------------
 
@@ -136,3 +150,4 @@ provide content.  In principle this could be in another thorn, but
 that should wait until we have an agreed set of interfaces to allow
 web-server thorns to be interchangeable, at least at compile time, but 
 hopefully at run-time.
+