[closed] Re: p:http-request - base64 encoded response c:body

Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:

> 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?

I went ahead and made it a must.

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                                          norm

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