Remy Maucherat wrote on tomcat-dev....:
> Julian Reschke wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Looking at <http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4812000>:
>>
>> --
>> DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
>> The servlet API provides no means of controlling the 100- continue
>> response when the user agent expects it, and doesn't specify when it
>> is or is not sent by the servlet container. It should do so.  One
>> suggestion to handle this would be:
>>
>> 1. Add a method to HttpServletRequest called acceptRequest or some
>> such, which causes a 100-continue to be sent. acceptRequest would have
>> no effect if the user agent doesn't expect a 100-continue.
>>
>> 2. Specify that 100-continue will not be sent until one of the
>> following happens to the request object:
>>
>>    a. acceptRequest() is called
>>    b. getInputStream() or getReader() is called
>>    c. For the POST method, getParameter() or similar is called.
>>
>> This would be compatible with the current specification (though not
>> with current tomcat, which always sends 100- continue immediately),
>> but provide the ability for better control.
>> --
>>
>> Does Tomcat5 (or 4, for that matter) actually implement one of these
>> options (2b&c, for instance)?
>
>
> Tomcat always automatically sends a 100-continue when going into the
> filter pipeline if an expectation is requested.
>
> This should be on tomcat-user, BTW.

So are there any plans to improve this, for instance by implementing options 2b&c?

Best regards, Julian

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