try { socket = new ServerSocket(sigPlace.PORT); System.out.println("Listening on port "+sigPlace.PORT+"."); while (true) { try (Socket client = socket.accept()) { System.out.println("New client connection detected: "+client.toString()); BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream())); String requestLine,line; ZonedDateTime modifiedDate = null; requestLine=in.readLine(); //Read the first line, this should be our request. if (requestLine!=null) { while (in.ready()) { line=in.readLine(); System.out.println(line); if (line.contains("If-Modified-Since: ")) { String modifiedSince=line.replace("If-Modified-Since: ",""); modifiedDate = ZonedDateTime.parse(modifiedSince,DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME); //System.out.println("Found a modified date of: "+modifiedDate); } } String[] splitter = requestLine.split(Pattern.quote(" ")); if (splitter.length==3) { //This is valid. if (splitter[0].equals("GET")) { //This is a GET request. if (splitter[2].equals("HTTP/1.1")||splitter[2].equals("HTTP/2.0")) { String[] requestSplit = splitter[1].split(Pattern.quote("?")); String requestloc = requestSplit[0]; HashMap requestParams = new HashMap<>(); if (requestSplit.length>1) { String[] params = requestSplit[1].split(Pattern.quote("&")); for (String s : params) { String key = s.substring(0,s.indexOf('=')); String value = s.substring(s.indexOf('=')+1); requestParams.put(key,value); } System.out.println(" ==Params for this request are: "+requestParams); } if (requestloc.equals("/")) { //Send default directory. if (modifiedDate==null||modifiedDate.isBefore(GetLastModifiedDate(sigPlace.OUTDIR,"testfile.html"))) {