On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:51:40 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfu...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/jdk.httpserver/share/classes/com/sun/net/httpserver/HttpHandlers.java
>> line 129:
>>
>>> 127: * response <i>body bytes</i> are a {@code UTF-8} encoded byte
>>> sequence of
>>> 128: * {@code body}. The response {@linkplain
>>> HttpExchange#sendResponseHeaders(int, long) is sent}
>>> 129: * with the given {@code statusCode} and the body bytes' length.
>>> The body
>>
>> That might give the impression that chunked encoding will be used if the
>> body length is 0. I wonder if it should say instead:
>>
>>
>> with the given {@code statusCode} and a {@code Content-Length} field set to
>> the body bytes' length.
>
> Or maybe - which would be more accurate:
>
>
> with the given {@code statusCode} and the body bytes' length (or {@code -1}
> if the body is empty).
I agree with your second suggestion. It's better not to refer to the
'Content-Length' header at all.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5505
