I will start on a filter now Thanks Bill
On 11/6/07, Bill Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "MyTest Email" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I need to set tomcat to allways send a new copy of the flash file on the > > server and not send a cached copy, not have proxy servers cache the > file, > > etc. > > > > I know that there are client, server and proxy issues but I'm looking to > > see > > what tomcat configuration can do to assit me to have proxy servers and > > tomcat not cache the flash files. > > > > It is possible to set cachingAllowed="false" on the <Context /> element to > prevent Tomcat from caching, but except in extreme cases it is usually > useless because of a short TTL (5sec by default). See > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html for more > details > on Tomcat caching options. > > Otherwise, you have to roll your own Filter that will set the caching > headers (Expires, Cache-Control, Pragma, etc) to control proxy server > caching. Tomcat doesn't provide anything out-of-the-box to do this sort > of > thing. > > > > > With Apache's mod_expire you can set specific file types to not be > cached. > > This is claimed to be great for proxy servers. > > > > > > > > e.g. > > > > > > > > ExpiresActive On > > > > ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000 > > > > ExpiresByType image/png A2592000 > > > > ExpiresByType image/jpg A2592000 > > > > ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000 > > > > ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000 > > > > ExpiresByType application/x-Shockwave-Flash A2592000 > > > > > > is there an equivalent method for tomcat? > > > > Thanks in advance > > -Steve > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
