I doubt that anywhere along the long line between my browser and my favorite
online shop, the shop software vendor had any chance to influence the cache
settings applied by me, my provider, or the provider's uplink...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Santiago Pericas-Geertsen
> [mailto:Santiago.PericasGeertsen_at_oracle.com]
> Sent: Montag, 9. Mai 2011 21:23
> To: jsr339-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net
> Subject: [jsr339-experts] Re: [jax-rs-spec users] Re: Re: Proposal to
> downgrade [JAX_RS_SPEC-39] Client Cache Support to MINOR
>
>
> On May 9, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Markus KARG wrote:
>
> >
> >> Yes, exactly. Possible but non-trivial is an accurate statement. I'm
> >> also skeptical about a single caching configuration that would work
> >> well for all use cases out of the box.
> >
> > I wonder how the web is working then, since there are lots of caches
> all the
> > way and you have no access to their config at all.
> >
>
> Even if I can't access them, it does not imply they aren't configured
> and tuned by other people based on some requirements. From my point of
> view, this set of requirements can vary significantly when considering
> the Client API use cases for a one-size-fits-all, transparent cache to
> be mandated.
>
> -- Santiago