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  1. HttpComponents HttpClient
  2. HTTPCLIENT-1371

Weak ETag Validation is Useful On PUT With If-Match

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 4.3 Beta2
    • 4.3 Final
    • HttpCache

    Description

      RFC2616 explicitly prohibits the use of weak validators in non-GET requests, however, the HTTPbis working group says while the limitation for weak validators on ranged requests makes sense, weak ETag validation is useful on full non-GET requests; e.g., PUT with If-Match. When HTTPbis working group publishes a clarification to HTTP/1.1, weak validators will be allow for PUT and DELETE requests. HttpClient should make this an config option until HTTP/1.1 is officially clarified.

      http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/116

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        1. HTTPCLIENT-1371.patch
          12 kB
          James Leigh
        2. HTTPCLIENT-1371-httpasyncclient.patch
          1 kB
          James Leigh

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