Have you posted this to the GZIP Discussion list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, -Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "BILODEAU Guillaume SOFRECOM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:59 AM Subject: REPOST: GZipping response with Servlet 2.2 / Struts 1.0
> Hi everyone, > > I have read the following reply (rather old) in the archives: > > >In servlet 2.2 environments, you basically won't be able to do this. > But > >in servlet 2.3 environments, you can create a Filter to do the > compression > >for you, on output from either servlets or JSP pages. > > This was in response to a question about adding GZip compression to a > JSP in a Struts environment. I have tried doing a similar thing by > extending the ActionServlet class and wrapping the original response in > a GZip-compressed response, but without any success: I constantly end up > receiving a download dialog on my browser (as if I were sending a zipped > file) or getting ClassCastExceptions (with IBM WebSphere classes being > expected). I suspect the forward mechanism is the cause to all that. > > Can you confirm that it is impossible to add such support for > compression even by extending the ActionServlet? Would there be any > other mechanism to compress the response sent to the client? Any > pointers on the web? I am using the servlet 2.2 API on WebSphere 4.0.3. > > Thanks a lot, > Guillaume > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
