On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Shuowen Yang wrote:
> I want to know if the name of HTTP extension
> field is case-sensitive or not. I assume that
> the name of a header field is case-insensitive
> and the value of the field is case-sensitive.
HTTP does not have any Extension header, as far as I know. All HTTP
header "names" are case-insensitive. The value of an HTTP header field
may be case sensitive or not, depending on the header. For extension
headers (e.g., X-Blah; is that what you are asking about?) the value
case-sensitivity depends on the semantics of the header (i.e., if you
generate that header, you should now whether it is case-sensitive).
If you are asking about extension strings that Polygraph can be
configured to add to URLs, then they are, in a way, case sensitive,
because URLs are case sensitive. Polygraph does not care about those
extensions though; it just appends the strings you specify to
generated URLs, that's it. The extensions do not (should not) change
for a given object though (to preserve hit ratio).
I hope I answered the right question :). If not, please clarify.
Thanks,
Alex.
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