Enabling GZip

Using GZIP response is a common tool for reducing the number of bytes sent over the 'wire', to gain better performances. Using GZIP filter with HtmlStapler will work, of course, but there is room for more optimization! Why gzipping the bundle content every time requested?

For those who want to gain some CPU clocks, HtmlStapler and GZIPFilter can be configured in such way so all bundles are gzipped ones, on creation. When requested, the gzipped bundle content is returned. Let's see how.

GZIP filter

Enable GZIPFilter in the web.xml, but configure it to ignore the stapler bundle paths:

    ...
        <filter>
            <filter-name>gzip</filter-name>
            <filter-class>jodd.servlet.filter.GzipFilter</filter-class>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>threshold</param-name>
                <param-value>128</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>match</param-name>
                <param-value>*</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>exclude</param-name>
                <param-value>/jodd-bundle</param-value>
            </init-param>
        </filter>
        <filter-mapping>
            <filter-name>gzip</filter-name>
            <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
        </filter-mapping>
    ...

We assume that HtmlStapler filter is configured to use default /jodd-bundle path.

HtmlStaplerFilter

Now, let's turn on the gzip feature for HtmlStaplerFilter.

        <filter>
            <filtr-name>jodd-html-stapler</servlet-name>
            <filter-class>jodd.htmlstapler.HtmlStaplerFilter</filter-class>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>useGzip</param-name>
                <param-value>true</param-value>
            </init-param>
        </filter>
        <filter-mapping>
            <filter-name>jodd-html-stapler</filter-name>
            <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
        </filter-mapping>
    ...

Enjoy extra speed!

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