The data (if any) sent with an HTTP
request or reply is in a format and
encoding defined by the object header
fields, the default being "plain/text"
type with "8bit" encoding. Note that
while all the other information in
the request (just as in the reply)
is in ISO Latin1 with lines delimited
by Carriage Return/Line Feed pairs,
the data may contain 8-bit binary
data.
The delimiting of the message is
determined by the Content-Length:
field. If this is present, then the
message contains the specified number
of bytes.
Failing that, the content-type filed
may contain a "bounday" attribute
which gives the boundary string with
exacly the same syntax as for a MIME
multipart message.
Failing either of the above conditions,
the data is terminated by the closing
of the connection by the sending
party. Note that this method can
not be used for data sent with the
request.
See also: note on server tolerance
for back-compatibility, etc.
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