--On Tuesday, July 29, 2003 6:43 PM +0200 Robin BerjonI didn't see that one going in. Does it run through the process and send the right headers for size and all, or does it just stop after checking that the file exists? (former seems better to me)
The latter would seem better to me. Because in the case of either a content provider or XSP, processing the entire request may have side effects. And it seems to me like HTTP HEAD requests should never generate side effects.
Indeed, it shouldn't. As shouldn't GET. You're the one in control of the side effects, if they are a problem then don't use them. You can detect HEAD using the Apache API and react differently than you would for a GET. However, I wouldn't encourage that as it probably is a very bad idea with respect to caching and HTTP semantics.
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