<snip>
> The question that's in my mind though is what happens when you have a
> web server in front of Tomcat?  Just "rendering to the response" in a
> servlet might not be enough in that case... 
</snip>

*Before* ResourceAction returns null, the response output stream has
been written, flushed, and closed.   The only thing that the app
server or the web server have left to deal with is that null.  There
is no wrapper in this case and no proxy in the sense you are talking. 
The OutputStream from an HttpResponse object writes to the client.

<snip>
> The point being, just because the app server CAN serve everything,
> doesn't necasserily mean it WILL with a web server in front.
</snip>

But, in this case, the OutputStream does and there is no "pass it on"
functionality in there that would incorporate any reference or use of
the web or app server.  The fact that this OutputStream ends the
process might be one of the factors favoring ResourceAction.

<snip>
> >>ceteris paribus
> >
> > </snip>
> >
> > Heh, I meant to tell you last time, this is Latin, not Greek.  LOL   ///;-)
> 
> Really??  Well, I have something to yell at my Macroeconomics professor
> for then!  I know for sure she said it was Greek! :)
> 
> Funny aside... My Macroeconomics professor... her last name, and I
> couldn't have made this up, is Economopolous.  That just rules!
</snip>

LOL  Economopolous!  Hilarious  Remember "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
where the Greek guy has a way of turning everything to Greek history,
etc.?  Well, Ms. "Economopolous" is clearly Greek and her name is
Economic-city.  (Plato's "Republic" was really "Politia" which means
"The City".  "Republic" comes from "Republica" which was a Latin
translation.)  Anyway, this is ALL ceteris paribus.  (You can tell
Latin from the endings, "ibus" is the dative plural.)
<snip>
> I did notice, but my point is that the browser settings would override
> any tags or headers you set.  I might be wrong about that, but that
> would be my expectation.  After all, what good is a setting in my
> browser that says don't cache anything if a web site designer can come
> along and overrule that?  Surely the FOSS community would be up in arms
> over their loss of freedom, right?!? ;)
</snip>

The good is that the web site designer knows when a change has been
made and the assumption is that you are going to see what the web site
designer has to offer.  No?
Jack

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"Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be
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