response code for sendRedirect

[Vishnu Prakash]

I like to know the response code for sendRedirect

I developed a sample application which redirects the request from a servlet to a jsp.

I used [mozdev.org] Live Http Headers and traced the response header for redirects. What I found was

HTTP/1.x 302 Moved Temporarily

But Head First book claims the response code redirects is "301"

I want to confirm this

[Ben Souther]

301 is "Moved Permanently"
302 is "Moved Temporarily"

For more information:
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html


With LiveHTTPHeaders, you're seeing exactly what the server is returning.
[ December 15, 2005: Message edited by: Ben Souther ]

[Vishnu Prakash]

Thanks Ben

Under what circumstances will the Container issue a 301 response (or) what should I do to send a 301 response header.
[ December 16, 2005: Message edited by: Vishnu Prakash ]

[Bosun Bello]

If you want to send a 301, just use response.setStatus(response.SC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY)

[Ben Souther]

To add to Bosun's answer, you can see all of the response constants in the HttpServletResponse API:
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse.html

[Vishnu Prakash]

Thanks for response Bosun and Ben.