[OLINGO-840] HTTP HEAD method request results in 501 - Not Implemented

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: V2 2.0.5
• Fix Version/s: V2 2.0.6
• Component/s: odata2-core
• Assignee: mibo
• Reporter: mibo
• Created: 18/Dec/15 08:50
• Updated: 22/Jan/16 06:42
• Resolved: 23/Dec/15 12:56

Description

A HTTP HEAD method request results in 501 - Not Implemented.

According to OData V2 specification section 2.2.4 HTTP Methods:

...All additional HTTP methods used by this document are specified in [RFC2616]...

and RFC 2616 (refer to newer RFC 7230 and 7231)
in section 7231: Section-4.1

...
All general-purpose servers MUST support the methods GET and HEAD.
All other methods are OPTIONAL.
...

a HEAD request must not lead to a 501 - Not implemented.

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Method

Description

Sec.

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GET	Transfer a current representation of the target	4.3.1
	resource.
HEAD	Same as GET, but only transfer the status line	4.3.2
	and header section.
POST	Perform resource-specific processing on the	4.3.3
	request payload.
PUT	Replace all current representations of the	4.3.4
	target resource with the request payload.
DELETE	Remove all current representations of the	4.3.5
	target resource.
CONNECT	Establish a tunnel to the server identified by	4.3.6
	the target resource.
OPTIONS	Describe the communication options for the	4.3.7
	target resource.
TRACE	Perform a message loop-back test along the path	4.3.8
	to the target resource.

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