Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 8 Administrator's Configuration File Reference

set-cache-control

The set-cache-control function allows you to specify the HTTP caching policy for the response being sent back to the client.

Parameters

The following table describes parameters for the set-cache-control function.

Table 7–62 set-cache-control Parameters

Parameter 

Description 

control

HTTP cache control directives. Separate multiple directives by commas. 

bucket

(Optional) Common to all obj.conf functions. Adds a bucket to monitor performance. For more information, see The bucket Parameter.

The following table describes some of the useful cache control directives defined by the HTTP/1.1 protocol.

Table 7–63 Cache Control Directives

Directive 

Description 

public

The response may be cached by any cache. 

private

The response must not be cached by a shared cache (for example, a proxy server). 

no-cache

Clients must ask the server for updated content on each access. 

max-age=n

The response should not be cached for more than n seconds.

Example

ObjectType fn="set-cache-control" control="private,max-age=60"