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Felix Meschberger commented on SLING-1180:
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Yes, and yes ;-) Thanks.
> Add default HEAD servlet
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> Key: SLING-1180
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-1180
> Project: Sling
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Servlets
> Affects Versions: Servlets Get 2.0.6
> Reporter: Felix Meschberger
> Fix For: Servlets Get 2.0.8
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> Attachments: SLING-1180.patch
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> RFC 2616 states: "The HEAD method is identical to GET except that the server
> MUST NOT return a message-body in the response."
> Currently Sling has no out-of-the-box support for handling HEAD requests and
> thus most HEAD requests will (in a default Sling installation) be handled by
> WebDAV servlet which handles all requests not handled by any other
> servlet/script.
> I suggest we add a DefaultHeadServlet which handles HEAD requests as follows:
> * wrap the response dropping any output (null writer/outputstream)
> * wrap request overwriting the getMethod() method simulating a GET request
> * forward the request to the request resource
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