Changeset 2353 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

Timestamp:

11/08/13 00:00:48 (9 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

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml (modified) (1 diff)

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>