Re: p:http-request - base64 encoded response c:body

Toman_Vojtech@emc.com writes:

> My question is: When creating response c:body elements that contain
> base64 encoded content, should/must the processor always set the
> "encoding" attribute to "base64", or is this optional since the media
> type tells us enough as to what type of data c:body contains.

I think it should, and I think I could support must.

> I would say that if the response c:body is base64 encoded, the
> "encoding" attribute must always be set, otherwise the user of
> p:http-request has to write some extra logic (using the content-type of
> the c:body he gets) to detect whether to decode the data or not.

Makes sense to me.

Alex, you're are http-request expert :-) What do you think?

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