Chapter 4. HANDLING THE CLIENT REQUEST: HTTP REQUEST HEADERS
Topics in This Chapter
Reading HTTP request headers from servlets
Building a table of all the request headers
The purpose of each of the HTTP 1.1 request headers
Reducing download times by compressing pages
Restricting access with password-protected servlets
One of the keys to creating effective servlets is understanding how to manipulate the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Getting a thorough grasp of this protocol is not an esoteric, theoretical topic, but rather a practical issue that can have an immediate impact on the performance and usability of your servlets. This chapter discusses the HTTP information that is sent from the browser to the server in the form of request headers. ...
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