Chapter 5. Handling the Client Request: HTTP Request Headers
Topics in This Chapter
Reading HTTP request headers
Building a table of all the request headers
Understanding the various request headers
Reducing download times by compressing pages
Differentiating among types of browsers
Customizing pages according to how users got there
Accessing the standard CGI variables
One of the keys to creating effective servlets is understanding how to manipulate the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Thoroughly understanding this protocol is not an esoteric, theoretical concept, but rather a practical issue that can have an immediate impact on the performance and usability of your servlets. This section discusses the HTTP information that is sent from the browser ...
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