A few tests with passive region, and expanded objects.

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/concurrency/scoop/httpd_connection_handler.e

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			n: INTEGER
 			p: like pool
 		do
-			n := max_concurrent_connections (server)
+			n := max_concurrent_connections (server).max (1) -- At least one processor!
 			create p.make (n)
 			initialize_pool (p, n)
 			pool := p

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/concurrency/thread/httpd_connection_handler.e

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 		local
 			n: INTEGER
 		do
-			n := max_concurrent_connections (server)
+			n := max_concurrent_connections (server).max (1) -- At least one thread!
 			create pool.make (n.to_natural_32)
 		end
 

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/configuration/httpd_configuration_i.e

@@ -15,12 +15,21 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			max_tcp_clients := 100
 			socket_accept_timeout := 1_000
 			socket_connect_timeout := 5_000
-			keep_alive_timeout := 5
+
 			is_secure := False
 			create ca_crt.make_empty
 			create ca_key.make_empty
+
+			connection_settings.keep_alive_timeout := default_keep_alive_timeout
 		end
 
+
+feature -- Default values
+
+	default_server_port: INTEGER = 80
+	default_max_concurrent_connections: INTEGER = 100
+	default_keep_alive_timeout: INTEGER = 5 -- in seconds.
+
 feature -- Access
 
 	Server_details: STRING_8
@@ -45,6 +54,11 @@ feature -- Access
 	keep_alive_timeout: INTEGER assign set_keep_alive_timeout
 			-- Persistent connection timeout
 			-- Timeout unit in Seconds.
+		do
+			Result := connection_settings.keep_alive_timeout
+		end
+
+	connection_settings: HTTPD_CONNECTION_SETTINGS
 
 	has_ssl_support: BOOLEAN
 			-- Has SSL support?
@@ -126,6 +140,10 @@ feature -- Element change
 		end
 
 	set_force_single_threaded (v: like force_single_threaded)
+			-- Force server to handle incoming request in a single thread.
+			-- i.e set max_concurrent_connections to 0!
+		obsolete
+			"Use set_max_concurrent_connections (0) [June/2016]"
 		do
 			if v then
 				set_max_concurrent_connections (0)
@@ -139,6 +157,7 @@ feature -- Element change
 			-- Set `is_verbose' to `b'
 		do
 			is_verbose := b
+			connection_settings.is_verbose := b
 		ensure
 			is_verbose_set:  is_verbose = b
 		end
@@ -146,7 +165,7 @@ feature -- Element change
 	set_keep_alive_timeout (a_seconds: like keep_alive_timeout)
 			-- Set `keep_alive_timeout' with `a_seconds'
 		do
-			keep_alive_timeout := a_seconds
+			connection_settings.keep_alive_timeout := a_seconds
 		ensure
 			keep_alive_timeout_set: keep_alive_timeout = a_seconds
 		end

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/configuration/httpd_connection_settings.e

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+note
+	description: "[
+			Connection settings for the standalone HTTPd server.
+		]"
+	author: "$Author$"
+	date: "$Date$"
+	revision: "$Revision$"
+
+expanded class 
+	HTTPD_CONNECTION_SETTINGS
+
+feature -- Access
+
+	is_verbose: BOOLEAN assign set_is_verbose
+			-- Is verbose?
+
+	keep_alive_timeout: INTEGER assign set_keep_alive_timeout
+			-- Keep-alive timeout, also known as persistent-connection timeout.
+
+feature -- Change
+
+	set_is_verbose (b: BOOLEAN)
+			-- Set `is_verbose' to `b'.
+		do
+			is_verbose := True
+		end
+
+	set_keep_alive_timeout (a_timeout_in_seconds: INTEGER)
+			-- Set `keep_alive_timeout' to `a_timeout_in_seconds'.
+		do
+			keep_alive_timeout := a_timeout_in_seconds
+		end
+
+end

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/httpd_request_handler_i.e

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ inherit
 
 feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 
-	make
+	make (a_settings: HTTPD_CONNECTION_SETTINGS)
 		do
+			connection_settings := a_settings
 			reset
 		end
 
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			is_persistent_connection_requested := False
 		end
 
+feature -- Access		
+
+	connection_settings: HTTPD_CONNECTION_SETTINGS
+
 feature -- Status report
 
 	is_connected: BOOLEAN
@@ -107,6 +112,9 @@ feature -- Access
 feature -- Settings	
 
 	is_verbose: BOOLEAN
+		do
+			Result := connection_settings.is_verbose
+		end
 
 	is_persistent_connection_supported: BOOLEAN
 			-- Is persistent connection supported?
@@ -114,24 +122,27 @@ feature -- Settings
 			Result := {HTTPD_SERVER}.is_persistent_connection_supported
 		end	
 
-	persistent_connection_timeout: INTEGER = 5 -- seconds
+	persistent_connection_timeout: INTEGER -- seconds
 			-- Number of seconds for persistent connection timeout.
 			-- Default: 5 sec.
+		do
+			Result := connection_settings.keep_alive_timeout
+		end
 
 feature -- Status report
 
 	has_error: BOOLEAN
 			-- Error occurred during `analyze_request_message'
 
-feature -- Change
-
-	set_is_verbose (b: BOOLEAN)
-			-- Set `is_verbose' with `b'.
-		do
-			is_verbose := b
-		ensure
-			is_verbose_set: is_verbose = b
-		end
+--feature -- Change
+--
+--	set_is_verbose (b: BOOLEAN)
+--			-- Set `is_verbose' with `b'.
+--		do
+--			connection_settings.is_verbose := b
+--		ensure
+--			is_verbose_set: is_verbose = b
+--		end
 
 feature -- Execution
 
@@ -210,17 +221,8 @@ feature -- Execution
 
 					--| TODO: add configuration options for socket timeout.
 					--| set by default 5 seconds.
---				l_socket.set_timeout (persistent_connection_timeout) -- 5 seconds!
-				l_socket.set_timeout (1) -- 1 second!
-				from
-					i := persistent_connection_timeout -- * 1 sec
-				until
-					l_is_ready or i <= 0 or has_error
-				loop
-					l_is_ready := l_socket.ready_for_reading
-					check not l_socket.is_closed end
-					i := i - 1
-				end
+				l_socket.set_timeout (persistent_connection_timeout) -- 5 seconds!
+				l_is_ready := l_socket.ready_for_reading
 
 				if l_is_ready then
 					create l_remote_info
@@ -231,6 +233,9 @@ feature -- Execution
 						remote_info := l_remote_info
 					end
             		analyze_request_message (l_socket)
+					if is_verbose then
+						log (request_header)
+					end
             	else
 					has_error := True
 					debug ("dbglog")

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/httpd_server_i.e

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 	build_controller
 			-- Build `controller'.
 		do
-			create controller
+			create <NONE> controller
 		end
 
 	initialize

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/implementation/wgi_httpd_request_handler.e

@@ -19,18 +19,14 @@ inherit
 	SHARED_HTML_ENCODER
 
 create
-	make,
 	make_with_connector
 
 feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 
-	make_with_connector (conn: like connector)
+	make_with_connector (a_connection_settings: HTTPD_CONNECTION_SETTINGS; conn: like connector)
 		do
-			make
+			make (a_connection_settings)
 			connector := conn
---			if conn /= Void then
---				set_is_verbose (is_connector_verbose (conn))
---			end
 		end
 
 feature -- Access		
@@ -56,10 +52,10 @@ feature -- SCOOP helpers
 			Result := conn.base
 		end
 
-	is_connector_verbose (conn: separate WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR [G]): BOOLEAN
-		do
-			Result := conn.is_verbose
-		end
+--	is_connector_verbose (conn: separate WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR [G]): BOOLEAN
+--		do
+--			Result := conn.is_verbose
+--		end
 
 feature -- Request processing
 

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/implementation/wgi_httpd_request_handler_factory.e

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 note
-	description: "Implementation of WGI request handler factory for WGI_STANDALOE_CONNECTOR."
+	description: "Implementation of WGI request handler factory for WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR."
 	date: "$Date$"
 	revision: "$Revision$"
 
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ feature -- Access
 	connector: detachable separate WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR [G]
 			-- httpd solution.
 
+	connection_settings: HTTPD_CONNECTION_SETTINGS
+			-- Connection settings related to httpd solution.
+
 feature -- Element change
 
-	set_connector (conn: like connector)
+	set_connector (a_settings: HTTPD_CONNECTION_SETTINGS; conn: like connector)
 			-- Set `connector' with `conn'.
 		do
+			connection_settings := a_settings
 			connector := conn
 		end
 
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ feature -- Factory
 
 	new_handler: separate WGI_HTTPD_REQUEST_HANDLER [G]
 		do
-			create Result.make_with_connector (connector)
+			create Result.make_with_connector (connection_settings, connector)
 		end
 
 note

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/wgi_standalone_connector.e

@@ -26,13 +26,18 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			create on_launched_actions
 
 				-- Server
-			create fac
+--			create fac
+			create <NONE> fac
+			request_handler_factory := fac
+
 			create server.make (fac)
-			create observer
+--			create <NONE> server.make (fac)
+--			create observer
+			create <NONE> observer
 			configuration := server_configuration (server)
 			controller := server_controller (server)
-			set_factory_connector (Current, fac)
 			initialize_server (server)
+			set_factory_connector (configuration, Current, fac)
 		end
 
 	make_with_base (a_base: like base)
@@ -51,9 +56,9 @@ feature {NONE} -- Separate helper
 			a_server.set_observer (observer)
 		end
 
-	set_factory_connector (conn: detachable separate WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR [G]; fac: separate WGI_HTTPD_REQUEST_HANDLER_FACTORY [G])
+	set_factory_connector (a_conf: like configuration; conn: detachable separate WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR [G]; fac: separate WGI_HTTPD_REQUEST_HANDLER_FACTORY [G])
 		do
-			fac.set_connector (conn)
+			fac.set_connector (a_conf.connection_settings, conn)
 		end
 
 	server_configuration (a_server: like server): like configuration
@@ -61,6 +66,9 @@ feature {NONE} -- Separate helper
 			Result := a_server.configuration
 		end
 
+	request_handler_factory: separate WGI_HTTPD_REQUEST_HANDLER_FACTORY [G]
+			-- REQUEST Handler factory.
+
 feature -- Access
 
 	name: STRING_8 = "httpd"
@@ -117,6 +125,11 @@ feature -- Event
 
 feature -- Element change
 
+	update_configuration (cfg: separate HTTPD_CONFIGURATION)
+		do
+			set_factory_connector (cfg, Current, request_handler_factory)
+		end
+
 	set_base (v: like base)
 			-- Set base url `base' to `v'.
 		require

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/wgi_standalone_input_stream.e

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			set_source (a_source)
 		end
 
-feature {WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR, WGI_SERVICE} -- Nino
+feature {WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR, WGI_SERVICE} -- Standalone connector.
 
 	set_source (i: like source)
 		do