http://server/abc/def
, Sslurp also follows links to
http://server/abc/xyz/...
. Isn't this wrong?
No. Sslurp can't know that def
is a "directory". Only the server
knows this and sends a default document when def
is requested.
For Sslurp it looks like def
is the document and /abc/
is the "directory". You have to give Sslurp! a hint by adding a trailing
/
, i.e. start with http://server/abc/def/
.
Sslurp is not a Java interpreter, so unless the second applet is also referenced in the HTML page, Sslurp doesn't know of it.
Sslurp! doesn't know whether an item is modified or not unless it queries the server. So communication with the server is required either way!
Not Sslurp! but the server decides if an item is modified or not. When queried, it replies with either "item has not changed, use your local copy" or "item has changed, here it is". When a server sends the item even when the contents hasn't changed, some of the following reasons may apply: