218836 - java objects not re-downloaded from server when changed

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core Graveyard :: Java-Implemented Plugins, defect)

Description

[jonplease]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030701
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030701

When:

1. a java object is embedded in a webpage
2. that webpage is reloaded
3. the object has changed since the last reload
4. cache settings indicate that the user wants mozilla to check things every
time you visit a page, or when the page is out of date

Then:

Mozilla should check if the object is out of date and re-download it if necessary.

Right now I look at my server logs and see it requesting the webpage properly,
but it only gets the java object once per session, even when it's changed on disk.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
0. Set cache behavior to either "every time" or "when out of date".
1. Make a really simple java applet that, say, prints a line of text in blue.
2. Make a webpage with that applet embedded.
3. View the webpage in the browser.
4. Change the applet to print in red.
5. Reload the webpage (without exiting the browser in the meantime).
Actual Results:  
The applet was not reloaded.

Expected Results:  
It should have reloaded the applet.

The webserver returns the Date and Last-Modified headers correctly for the java
class file. Also, mozilla behaves correctly for images, e.g. when an image
changes on disk, it is re-downloaded.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

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