Re: usability of 100-continue, was: HTTP2 Expression of Interest : Squid

On 2012-07-18 17:48, Zhong Yu wrote:
> I don't think the spec is broken on 100-continue.
>
> However, as a practical matter, how many servers *really* support the
> mechanism? As far as I know, all major Java implementations
> immediately send back a "HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n\r\n" response if
> the request carries header "Expect: 100-continue". Therefore they
> support the feature on paper, yet completely defeat its purpose.
>
> Zhong Yu

I believe Jetty does the right thing (it waits until the servlet 
actually gets the input stream).

And yes, it *is* very frustrating that the servlet EG apparently hasn't 
defined this yet (although I have to admit that I have given up on 
checking).

Best regards, Julian

Received on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:21:55 UTC