Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.1 Developer's Guide |
About This Guide
This guide describes how to configure and administer the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4, formerly known as Sun ONE Web Proxy Server and iPlanet Web Proxy Server (and hereafter referred to as Sun Java System Web Proxy Server or just Proxy Server).
This guide provides a reference of the NSAPI functions you can use to define new plugins.
This preface contains information about the following topics:
Who Should Use This GuideThe intended audience for this guide is the person who develops, assembles, and deploys NSAPI plugins in a corporate enterprise. This guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:
How This Guide Is OrganizedThe guide is divided into parts, each of which addresses specific areas and tasks. The following table lists the parts of the guide and their contents .
Table 1 Guide Organization
Chapter
Description
This chapter discusses how to create your own plugins that define new SAFs to modify or extend the way the server handles requests.
This chapter discusses how to create your own custom filters that you can use to intercept, and potentially modify, incoming content presented to or generated by another function.
This chapter describes examples of custom SAFs to use at each stage in the request-handling process.
This chapter presents a reference of the NSAPI functions. You use NSAPI functions to define SAFs.
This chapter discusses some of the commonly used NSAPI data structures.
This chapter lists the wildcard patterns you can use when specifying values in obj.conf and various predefined SAFs.
This chapter lists time formats.
This chapter gives an overview of HTTP.
Appendix A, "Alphabetical List of NSAPI Functions and Macros"
This appendix provides an alphabetical list of NSAPI functions and macros.
Documentation ConventionsThe following table lists the documentation conventions used in this guide.
Using the DocumentationThe Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.1 documentation is available in PDF and HTML formats at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1311.1The following table lists the tasks and concepts described in guide..
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