The cache element specifies the required caching level. The
cache element is optional.
The cache element has the following child elements:
- never (optional)
Specifies whether caching should be applied at all. Valid values, which are optional, are as follows:
- true (default) - specifies the web script response should never be cached.
- false - specifies the web script response may be cached.
If never is not specified, the default is true.
- public (optional)
-
Specifies whether authneticated responses should be cached in the public cache. Valid values, which are optional, are as follows:
- true (default) - specifies the web script authenticated response may be cached in a public cache.
- false - specifies the web script authenticated response may not be cached in a public cache.
If public is not specified, the default is false.
- mustrevalidate (optional)
-
Specifies whether a cache must revalidate its version of the web script response in order to ensure freshness. Valid values, which are optional, are as follows:
- true (default) - specifies that validation must occur.
- false - specifies that validation may occur.
If mustrevalidate is not specified, the default is true.
An example usage of the cache element follows:
<webscript kind="org.alfresco.httpsonly">
<shortname>Hello World</shortname>
<description>Greet a user</description>
<url>/sample/helloworld?to={name}</url>
<url>/sample/helloworld.xml?to={name}</url>
<format default="html">extension</format>
<lifecycle>sample</lifecycle>
<authentication runas="fred">user</authentication>
<transaction>required</transaction>
<family>Sample</family>
<cache>
<never>false</never>
<public>false</public>
<mustrevalidate/>
</cache>
<negotiate accept="text/html">html</negotiate>
<negotiate accept="text/xml">xml</negotiate>
</webscript>