Hello, I just stumbled upon a show-stopper problem with Tomcat 3.3a and Apache mod_jk. When refreshing JSPs that referenced static resources (i.e. a CSS stylesheet or images), from time to time junk would appear at the top of the page, saying "Error: 304... Location: <page address>". The said static resources would not load and the browser would appear to hang indefinitely.
I tracked the problem to the method StatusHandler.doService defined in share/org/apache/tomcat/modules/generators/ErrorHandler.java When the 304 (Not Modified) condition is encountered, this method generates a message body with the above mentioned "junk" and returns it to mod_jk. RFC 2068 states: "If the client has performed a conditional GET request and access is allowed, but the document has not been modified, the server SHOULD respond with this status code. The response MUST NOT contain a message-body." Replacing Tomcat's vanilla ErrorHandler with my own clone with the whole message body generating block omitted if sc == 304 eliminated the problem. Interestingly, the bug could only be demonstrated with mod_jk + Tomcat, but not when I was using Tomcat alone as a web server. Can anyone confirm the above observations? If I am correct, what is the official procedure to submit bug reports and fixes? Take care - JPL -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
