HttpServlet---getLastModified与缓存

今天看HttpServlet源码看到一个函数getLastModified，上网查阅与浏览器缓存有关系，根据源码，画了个流程图理解下：
源码：

    protected void service(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
    throws ServletException, IOException
    {
    String method = req.getMethod();

    if (method.equals(METHOD_GET)) {
        long lastModified = getLastModified(req);
        if (lastModified == -1) {
        // servlet doesn't support if-modified-since, no reason
        // to go through further expensive logic
        doGet(req, resp);
        } else {
        long ifModifiedSince = req.getDateHeader(HEADER_IFMODSINCE);
        if (ifModifiedSince < lastModified) {
            // If the servlet mod time is later, call doGet()
                    // Round down to the nearest second for a proper compare
                    // A ifModifiedSince of -1 will always be less
            maybeSetLastModified(resp, lastModified);
            doGet(req, resp);
        } else {
            resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_MODIFIED);
        }
        }

    } 
    }

最后的结果为只有当request中存储的服务器上次告诉它的最后修改时间比服务器端request的修改时间later时，服务器会响应304状态码，浏览器解析该状态码，明白请求并未改变，启用浏览器中缓存的数据。