3650 adding :80

[wezzters]

When a midlet wants to send a http request to www.something.com/bla the 3650 java environment is adding port 80 to the request. So the request is changed into www.something.com:80/bla
Why is the 3650 interfering with the developers wishes?
And what if I want to use another port, say 8080?

[shmoove]

Port 80 is added automatically because it is the default port for http.
If you want to access a different port all you have to do is specify the port in the url:

HttpConnection = Connector.open("www.something.com:8080/bla");

Mind you, some (many) gateways will block any request that is not sent to port 80.

shmoove

[wezzters]

The specific reason I'm bothered by this "feature" is that in (my case) between the midlet and the server is a gateway. That gateway is adding info to a http header when it sees the base URL 'www.something.com'. When 'www.something.com:80' is coming in, it does not add anything.
Is there no way to get around this?

[chiuyan2000]

I've a problem to connect to my Web Site through port other than 80 using J2ME. Since I have no problem to connect my Web Site using "Doris Browser" through the port 8082, I don't think the problem is due the ISP's gateway blocking the port 80.

Are there anyone have the same experience, please share.

[remonvv]

Isnt this more of a gateway problem than a phone/midp/implementation problem. The mentioned URL is perfectly valid. If the http server is running on 80 and that port is explicitly defined, it should still know that that's the HTTP server port imo.