From: Shing Wai Chan <shing.wai.chan_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:02:31 -0800

Hi,

I am looking at
     http://java.net/jira/browse/SERVLET_SPEC-27
     ("sendRedirect Javadoc prevents use of protocol relative URLs")

According to
http://blog.httpwatch.com/2010/02/10/using-protocol-relative-urls-to-switch-between-http-and-https/

,
it seems that it tries to workaround an issue in IE.

I am not sure if it is worth to make it as a standard.

Any comments?
Shing Wai Chan