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Rishi Yagnik
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Joined: Jan 04, 2001
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SRV.2.1.3 Conditional GET Support
Hey Specs says that HttpServlet interface defines getLastModified() method to support conditional get support....
don't u think that specs seems to be misleading .......
API CLearly says HttpServlet is a Class not a interface don't u all think that such mistake should not have been done by sun.....
Rishi
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Peter den Haan
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Joined: Apr 20, 2000
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The word "interface" has more than one meaning. In the narrow sense, it means a Java interface. In the broad sense, it indicates the (public) API with which an object or module interfaces to the outside world, such as the public methods of a class; in this sense, you can even use the word "interface" with programming languages such as C++ that have only classes.
You could perhaps argue that the specification should have stuck with the narrow definition of "interface" for clarity's sake.
- Peter
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