Compress components with gzip - Java EE

Question

I am looking to improve front-end performance of my application, so I used YSlow tool in Firefox. When I ran this tool for my app, in the YSlow grade tab it showed up a issue \'

Answer 1

I recommend to use a Servlet Filter (since servlet 2.3 spec)

A gzip filter is well documented, so there is no need to reinvent the wheel:

• http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_battle_of_the_gzip
• http://onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/11/19/filters.html

Also, some servlet containers can do gzip on the fly. Take a look at this related question.