CacheDisablingFilter.java

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package com.xemantic.tadedon.servlet;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

/**
 * Servlet applying "never cache" HTTP headers.
 * <p>
 * See:
 * <ul>
 *   <li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/doctype/wiki/ArticleHttpCaching">ArticleHttpCaching</a></li>
 *   <li><a href="http://seewah.blogspot.com/2009/02/gwt-tips-2-nocachejs-getting-cached-in.html">GWT Tips 2 - nocache.js getting cached in browser</a></li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * Created on Aug 6, 2010
 *
 * @author hshsce
 */
public class CacheDisablingFilter extends SimpleFilter {

    private static final long ONE_DAY_IN_MILISECONDS = (1000L * 60L * 60L * 24L);

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
        if (response instanceof HttpServletResponse) {
            HttpServletResponse httpResponse = (HttpServletResponse) response;
            Date now = new Date();
            httpResponse.setDateHeader("Date", now.getTime());
            httpResponse.setDateHeader("Expires", now.getTime() + ONE_DAY_IN_MILISECONDS);
            httpResponse.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache");
            httpResponse.setHeader("Cache-control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate");
        }
        chain.doFilter(request, response);
	}

}