SCWCD Hints #19

[Renu Radhika]

The HTTP HEAD method is a GET method, the only difference is that it returns only the header and not the body. So you can override doGET when your HTTP method is HEAD.Is this correct?We still have to override doHead right?

[Christophe Verré]

We still have to override doHead right?

Yes, you still need to override doHead. doGet will not be invoked.

[Joe Harry]

I don;'t think so that we have to explicitly override doHead if we have doGet overridden...

[Christophe Verré]

Sorry, my mistake. I'll remember that one.

doGet
Overriding this method to support a GET request also automatically supports
an HTTP HEAD request. A HEAD request is a GET request that returns no
body in the response, only the request header fields.