I would be very interested in the implementation also. Brian, you could also achieve the GZIP decompression/compression on the server using a reusable servlet filter quite easily, without extending AxisServlet. That's what I've considered, but I would like a more reciprocal relationship between the entities responsible for the decompression/compression on the client and server. Namely, I would rather do it using handlers if possible, or implement my own transport as you have said.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian W. Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:35 AM Subject: re: gzip support > Thanks for the input. I'm determined to make this work because without > compression, I can't use Axis. I'm sending too much data for SOAP to be > feasible w/o compression. Of course, I'll make any solution I implement > available to the community. > > I found some info on handlers but not a lot, especially on handlers at > the transport level. Here is what I am thinking. The HTTPSender class > is apparently a client transport handler. I need to extend this class > to wrap the output stream in a GZIP stream so that data going from the > client to the server is compressed. I do not yet know how to make an > Axis SOAP client use my new, extended HTTPSender class. > > On the server, it looks like all requests coming in come to the > AxisServlet. I would assume I need to extend this servlet and wrap its > InputStream in a GZIP stream, and then modify web.xml to use the new > servlet instead. I've not found where on the server that I can put a > handler which will decompress the inbound data. > > This approach may be incorrect. However, I have the skill set to > implement a good solution if someone more knowledgable of Axis can give > me some additional pointers. Let me know if this thread should move to > the deveoper list. > > Thanks sincerely > Brian Young > > > > > >You should be able to write "Handlers" for Axis that will process the > >messages (both client and server) on the way in/out. This would allow > >you to support gzip'd data transparently. > > > >This is how Axis is designed, to be extensible. See the documentation > >for architecture details. > > > >Note that on the client, you configure the handlers in the > >'client-config.wsdd' file, pretty much the same way you do in the > >server-config.wsdd file. > > > >Hope this helps point you in the right diirection. > > > >-- > >Tom Jordahl > >Macromedia Server Development > > > >
