Method and system for communicating validation information to a web cache
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1. A method for communicating validation information from a web server to validate a web cache, the method comprising generating a file on the web server, the file containing information relating to at least one object being served by the web server;
- updating the contents of the file, the updating including modifying the information relating to the at least one object;
communicating the modifications in the updated file to the web cache; and
validating the contents of the web cache on the basis of the updated file.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for communicating validation information from a web server to validate a web cache is provided. The method includes generation of a file storing information pertaining to the objects being served by the web server. The contents of the file are updated by means of modifications in the objects. The contents of the file can be communicated to the web cache. The web cache, based on the information received by it, validates its cached objects.
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1. A method for communicating validation information from a web server to validate a web cache, the method comprising
generating a file on the web server, the file containing information relating to at least one object being served by the web server; -
updating the contents of the file, the updating including modifying the information relating to the at least one object;
communicating the modifications in the updated file to the web cache; and
validating the contents of the web cache on the basis of the updated file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for communicating validation information, the system comprising
means for generating a file in a web server, the file containing information relating to at least one object being served by the web server; -
means for updating the contents of the file, the updating including modifying the information relating to the at least one object;
means for communicating the modifications in the updated file to a web cache; and
means for validating the contents of the web cache on the basis of the updated file.
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14. A system for communicating validation information, the system comprising
a web server, the web server comprising a generating module for generating a file in a web server, the file containing information relating to at least one object being served by the web server; - and
an updating module for updating the contents of the file, the updating including modifying the information relating to the at least one object;
a web cache, the web cache comprising a validating module for validating the contents of the web cache on the basis of the updated file; and
a communicating module for communicating the modifications in the updated file to the web cache. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for communicating validation information from a web server to validate a web cache, the apparatus comprising
a processing system including a processor coupled to a display and user input device; a machine-readable medium including instructions executable by the processor comprising one or more instructions for generating a file in the web server, the file containing information relating to at least one object being served by the web server;
one or more instructions for updating the contents of the file, the updating including modifying the information relating to the at least one object;
one or more instructions for communicating the modifications in the updated file to the web cache; and
one or more instructions for validating the contents of the web cache on the basis of the updated file.
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19. A machine-readable medium including instructions for communicating validation information from a web server to validate a web cache, the medium comprising
one or more instructions for generating a file in the web server, the file containing information relating to at least one object being served by the web server; -
one or more instructions for updating the contents of the file, the updating including modifying the information relating to the at least one object;
one or more instructions for communicating the modifications in the updated file to the web cache; and
one or more instructions for validating the contents of the web cache on the basis of the updated file.
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