- From: Marc J. Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 17:35:38 +0100
- To: Doug Davis <dug@us.ibm.com>
- CC: xml-dist-app@w3.org
Doug Davis wrote: > > I not quite see the difference between "None" and "Final"/Empty. > Header with a value of "None" will not be removed before it reaches > the final destination because only blocks targeted for a particular > actor will be removed by that actor, just like "Final", right? And in both > "None" and "Final" those headers can be referenced by other blocks, right? > What am I missing? > The difference is more semantic than functional. A block targeted for "None" is not intended to be processed directly but only as a consequence of processing another block that references it. A block that is targeted for "Final"/Empty is intended to be directly processed by the final recipient. By "directly processed" I mean that an actor/handler is invoked to process the block. Any clearer ? Marc. -- Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com> Tel: +44 1252 423740 Int: x23740
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