Chapter 4: Handling the Client Request: HTTP Request Headers

Source Code in This Chapter

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• ShowRequestHeaders.java A servlet that creates a table of all the headers it receives, along with their associated values. It also prints out the three components of the main request line (method, URI, and protocol).
• EncodedPage.java A servlet that sends the page encoded with gzip if the browser support this compression scheme.
• ProtectedPage.java A servlet that allows access only with proper authentication.
• PasswordBuilder.java Small application that builds the password properties file.
• ServletUtilities.java Small utility library used by most servlets in this chapter.

URLs in This Chapter

• http://www.rfc-editor.org/. Starting place when looking for on-line RFCs. RFCs mentioned in this chapter:
  • RFC 2616: Specifies HTTP 1.1
  • RFC 1766: Defines language codes
  • RFC 1521: Describes base64 encoding

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