Changeset 2353

Timestamp:

11/08/13 00:00:48 (7 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

Restore the ability for 205 responses to be sent with a zero-length chunked body; addresses #491 and related to #88

Location:

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest

Files:

• p2-semantics.html (modified) (2 diffs)
• p2-semantics.xml (modified) (1 diff)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.html

@@ -2541 +2541 @@
          and then the data entry mechanism is reset for the next entry so that the user can easily initiate another input action.
       </p>
-      <p id="rfc.section.6.3.6.p.3">Since the 205 status code implies that no additional content will be provided in the payload, the server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a message body of zero length. In other words, the server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a "Content-Length: 0" field in a 205 response or close the connection immediately after sending the blank line terminating
-         the header section.
+      <p id="rfc.section.6.3.6.p.3">Since the 205 status code implies that no additional content will be provided, a server <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> generate a payload in a 205 response. In other words, a server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> do one of the following for a 205 response: a) indicate a zero-length body for the response by including a <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.content-length" class="smpl">Content-Length</a> header field with a value of 0; b) indicate a zero-length payload for the response by including a <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.transfer-encoding" class="smpl">Transfer-Encoding</a> header field with a value of chunked and a message body consisting of a single chunk of zero-length; or, c) close the connection
+         immediately after sending the blank line terminating the header section.
       </p>
       <h2 id="rfc.section.6.4"><a href="#rfc.section.6.4">6.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.3xx" href="#status.3xx">Redirection 3xx</a></h2>
@@ -4919 +4919 @@
             </li>
             <li><a id="rfc.index.T" href="#rfc.index.T"><b>T</b></a><ul>
-                  <li>TRACE method&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.TRACE.1">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.t.1"><b>4.3.8</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.TRACE.2">5.1.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.TRACE.3">8.1.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.extref.t.49">B</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.TRACE.4">B</a>, <a href="#rfc.extref.t.50">B</a></li>
+                  <li>TRACE method&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.TRACE.1">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.t.1"><b>4.3.8</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.TRACE.2">5.1.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.TRACE.3">8.1.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.extref.t.50">B</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.TRACE.4">B</a>, <a href="#rfc.extref.t.51">B</a></li>
                </ul>
             </li>

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

@@ -2971 +2971 @@
 <t>
    Since the 205 status code implies that no additional content will be
-   provided in the payload, the server &MUST; send a message body of zero
-   length. In other words, the server &MUST; send a "Content-Length: 0" field
-   in a 205 response or close the connection immediately after sending the
-   blank line terminating the header section.
+   provided, a server &MUST-NOT; generate a payload in a 205 response.
+   In other words, a server &MUST; do one of the following for a 205 response:
+   a) indicate a zero-length body for the response by including a
+   <x:ref>Content-Length</x:ref> header field with a value of 0;
+   b) indicate a zero-length payload for the response by including a
+   <x:ref>Transfer-Encoding</x:ref> header field with a value of chunked and
+   a message body consisting of a single chunk of zero-length; or,
+   c) close the connection immediately after sending the blank line
+   terminating the header section.
 </t>
 </section>