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| value | changes | hint | multiplex |
--------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
plain | no (*1) | yes | no (*2) | no |
wait | yes | yes | no (*3) | yes |
socket | no | no | no | yes |
stream | yes | yes | yes | no |
--------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
*1 - The current value of a value resource is simply the result of a simple GET to the resource.
*2 - This is pointless because a hint is about receiving notification of updated data.
(You can do this already with HEAD and If-None-Match)
*3 - This could in theory be done using a long-polling HEAD with If-None-Match, but
items that support changes also need to send a changes-id header,
and further polls need to supply this to diff by
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