RE: Post without getting new page? -- RE: Handling refresh in a web based application

[Andrew Boyko <ab...@fabgear.com>]

> can you just do
> a simple data post to the server from a web browser (form, link, 
> or any DOM
> event etc) without causing the browser to expect/display new 
> pages from the
> server? For instance, when the state at the client side has 
> changed (e.g., the
> user changed the content in a form, notice that no submit button 
> is clicked
> yet), I'd like to notify the server the user state has been 
> changed but I don't
> need and don't want to get/display any new page from the server.

Just setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT) in your response; 
the browser will cheerfully do nothing.

Andy Boyko   aboyko@fabgear.com