Hi Rob 2009/2/5 Robert Koberg <r...@koberg.com>: > > On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: > >>> From: Dave Pawson [mailto:dave.paw...@gmail.com] >>> Subject: TC6 ${CATALINA_HOME}/conf/web.xml Is this the place >>> to constrain the mime type? >>> >>> I want to 'reject' (if that's the right word) any http get >>> with mime type != application/xml > > The client doesn't send the mime-type it is requesting. It sends some set of > types it is willing to accept. For example: > > accept=text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml > > Why not just always send XML? or if they don't have an accept entry for > application/xml the send and error with status code 406:
Tks for that. (I said my knowledge of http was 'limited' :-) Let me rephrase my request. Unless the client requests application/xml I want to refuse the request. > > "406 Not Acceptable > > The resource identified by the request is only capable of generating > response entities which have content characteristics not acceptable > according to the accept headers sent in the request. Turned round to this format, that response seems incorrect Rob. What should I respond with when the 'customer' (client) says please give me xxxx (and I don't want to - my definition of an inappropriate request) > > Unless it was a HEAD request, <grin/> Let me resolve the simple ones first please! regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
