Content-Length header set automatically?

[Justin Ruthenbeck]

All appservers I've worked with have included the Content-Length header in all HTTP responses without any specific setting by a developer. So far as I know, this is not a spec requirement, though it seems to be common practice. Anyone out there know Tomcat's specific behavior on this? Is the Content-Length header set on all requests by default? Is it set only on certain requests?

I ask because we're using persistent connections with HTTP 1.1 but have a custom client (non-browser) who requires and accurate Content-Length header. My preference would be to have Tomcat handle the setting of the header, but I'm seeing XML HTTP responses without the header set.

Any thoughts on the topic would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
justin

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