Using passive regions.

Improve connector options mainly for standalone connector.
Updated "simple" example to return a timestamp.

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

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 		local
 			n: INTEGER
 			p: like pool
-		do
-			n := max_concurrent_connections (server)
+	 	do
+			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

@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ feature -- Access
 	max_concurrent_connections: INTEGER assign set_max_concurrent_connections
 	socket_accept_timeout: INTEGER assign set_socket_accept_timeout
 	socket_connect_timeout: INTEGER assign set_socket_connect_timeout
+
 	force_single_threaded: BOOLEAN assign set_force_single_threaded
 		do
-			Result := (max_concurrent_connections = 0)
+			Result := max_concurrent_connections = 0
 		end
 
 	is_verbose: BOOLEAN assign set_is_verbose
@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@ 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)

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

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 	make
 		do
 			reset
+			persistent_connection_timeout := 5 -- seconds
 		end
 
 	reset
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ 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.
 
@@ -210,17 +211,8 @@ 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

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_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: "$Revision$"
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ feature -- Access
 
 feature -- Element change
 
-	set_connector (conn: like connector)
+	update_with (conn: like connector)
 			-- Set `connector' with `conn'.
 		do
 			connector := conn

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

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			create on_launched_actions
 
 				-- Server
-			create fac
+			create <NONE> fac
 			create server.make (fac)
-			create observer
+			create <NONE> observer
 			configuration := server_configuration (server)
 			controller := server_controller (server)
 			set_factory_connector (Current, fac)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Separate helper
 
 	set_factory_connector (conn: detachable separate WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR [G]; fac: separate WGI_HTTPD_REQUEST_HANDLER_FACTORY [G])
 		do
-			fac.set_connector (conn)
+			fac.update_with (conn)
 		end
 
 	server_configuration (a_server: like server): like configuration