MEDIUM: cache: Add support for 'If-None-Match' request header
Partial support of conditional HTTP requests. This commit adds the
support of the 'If-None-Match' header (see RFC 7232#3.2).
When a client specifies a list of ETags through one or more
'If-None-Match' headers, they are all compared to the one that might have
been stored in the corresponding http cache entry until one of them
matches.
If a match happens, a specific "304 Not Modified" response is
sent instead of the cached data. This response has all the stored
headers but no other data (see RFC 7232#4.1). Otherwise, the whole cached data
is sent.
Although unlikely in a GET/HEAD request, the "If-None-Match: *" syntax is
valid and also receives a "304 Not Modified" response (RFC 7434#4.3.2).
This resolves a part of GitHub issue #821.
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