From 1b19b60c84b1becb403f09c17c99997afe5f81d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@upsilon.cc>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 14:09:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added "/getempty" method. ---- Syntax: "/getempty". Answer: a
 minimal valid XML document. Currently, the returned document is as follows:

  <?xml version="1.0"?>
  <!DOCTYPE empty [
    <!ELEMENT empty EMPTY>
  ]>
  <empty />

----
---
 helm/http_getter/http_getter.pl.in | 48 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helm/http_getter/http_getter.pl.in b/helm/http_getter/http_getter.pl.in
index fd88194bf..e1546733e 100755
--- a/helm/http_getter/http_getter.pl.in
+++ b/helm/http_getter/http_getter.pl.in
@@ -227,24 +227,25 @@ while (my $c = $d->accept) {
           answer($c,$cont,"text/xml","");
 
         } elsif ($http_method eq 'GET' and $http_path eq "/getdtd") {
-            my $filename = $inputuri;
-            $filename = $dtd_dir."/".$filename;
-            print "DTD: $inputuri ==> ($filename)\n";
-            if (stat($filename)) {
-               print "Using local copy\n";
-               open(FD, $filename) or die "Cannot open $filename\n";
-               $cont = "";
-               while(<FD>) {
-                # Vary bad heuristic for substituion of absolute URLs
-                # for relative ones
-		s/ENTITY (.*) SYSTEM\s+"/ENTITY $1 SYSTEM "$myownurl\/getdtd?uri=/g;
-	        $cont .= $_;
-	       }
-               close(FD);
-               answer($c,$cont,"text/xml","");
-            } else {
-               die "Could not find DTD!";
-            }
+
+#             my $filename = $inputuri;
+#             $filename = $dtd_dir."/".$filename;
+#             print "DTD: $inputuri ==> ($filename)\n";
+#             if (stat($filename)) {
+#                print "Using local copy\n";
+#                open(FD, $filename) or die "Cannot open $filename\n";
+#                $cont = "";
+#                while(<FD>) {
+#                 # Vary bad heuristic for substituion of absolute URLs
+#                 # for relative ones
+# 		s/ENTITY (.*) SYSTEM\s+"/ENTITY $1 SYSTEM "$myownurl\/getdtd?uri=/g;
+# 	        $cont .= $_;
+# 	       }
+#                close(FD);
+#                answer($c,$cont,"text/xml","");
+#             } else {
+#                die "Could not find DTD!";
+#             }
 
         } elsif ($http_method eq 'GET' and $http_path eq "/getstyleconf") {
             my $filename = $inputuri;
@@ -337,6 +338,17 @@ while (my $c = $d->accept) {
            print "Help requested!\n";
            html_nice_answer($c,"HTTP Getter Version: $VERSION");
 
+        } elsif ($http_method eq 'GET' and $http_path eq "/getempty") {
+          # return an empty, but valid, xml document
+          my $emptyxml = <<EOXML;
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE empty [
+  <!ELEMENT empty EMPTY>
+]>
+<empty />
+EOXML
+          answer($c, $emptyxml, "", "");
+
         } elsif ($http_method eq 'GET' and $http_path =~ /\.cgi$/) {
           # cgi handling
            print "CGI requested!\n";
-- 
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