else if (event.getEventType() == CometEvent.EventType.END) {
EventStream eventStream = getEventStream(request);
if (eventStream != null && request.getAttribute("org.persvr.sent") == null){ // the connection was closed,
System.err.println("connection closed by client " + request);
eventStream.finished();
}
if (!eventStream.started) {
event.getHttpServletResponse().setStatus(200);
eventStream.started = true;
}