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 * To use {{{CommonsHTTPSender}}}, create a client-config.wsdd (sample [attachment:client-config.wsdd here]) at the root of your classpath like this :  * To use {{{CommonsHTTPSender}}}, create a client-config.wsdd (sample [[attachment:client-config.wsdd|here]]) at the root of your classpath like this :
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  * Osmotic``Web has a sample with a {{{ServletFilter}}} [http://www.osmoticweb.com/gzip-compression-filter.htm here]   * Osmotic``Web has a sample with a {{{ServletFilter}}} [[http://www.osmoticweb.com/gzip-compression-filter.htm|here]]
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  * Apache Httpd : use mod_deflate as described [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_deflate.html here]   * Apache Httpd : use mod_deflate as described [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_deflate.html|here]]

How to use Gzip compression with Axis ?

Client Side

On the client side, you need to use the CommonsHTTPSender (instead of the default HTTPSender ) and you have to set to true the properties HTTPConstants.MC_GZIP_REQUEST and HTTPConstants.MC_ACCEPT_GZIP to respectively compress the request and tell the server it can compress the response

  • To use CommonsHTTPSender, create a client-config.wsdd (sample here) at the root of your classpath like this : 

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<deployment 
    name="commonsHTTPConfig" 
    xmlns="http://xml.apache.org/axis/wsdd/" 
    xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/axis/wsdd/providers/java">

  <!-- use CommonsHTTPSender instead of the default HTTPSender -->
  <transport name="http" pivot="java:org.apache.axis.transport.http.CommonsHTTPSender" />  

  <transport name="local" pivot = "java:org.apache.axis.transport.local.LocalSender" /> 
  <transport name="java" pivot="java:org.apache.axis.transport.java.JavaSender" /> 
</deployment>

  • To define MC_GZIP_REQUEST and MC_ACCEPT_GZIP, use _setProperty on your stub. Here is an example using Version : 

    VersionSoapBindingStub binding = (VersionSoapBindingStub) new VersionServiceLocator()
    .getVersion();

// Compress the request
binding._setProperty(HTTPConstants.MC_GZIP_REQUEST, Boolean.TRUE);
// Tell the server it can compress the response
binding._setProperty(HTTPConstants.MC_ACCEPT_GZIP, Boolean.TRUE);

// invoke the service
String result = binding.getVersion();

(!) If you get in your client an exception org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog., it means that you activated the compression of the request when the server does not support it. You should then enable server side support of request compression or disable client side compression of the request (removing binding._setProperty(HTTPConstants.MC_GZIP_REQUEST, Boolean.TRUE);)

Server Side

  • To activate compression of the request

    • todo : describe how to enable it in Tomcat, Apache Httpd, IIS

    • OsmoticWeb has a sample with a ServletFilter here

  • To activate compression of the response

    • Tomcat : update in server.xml the <transport> element to define the attributes compression, compressionMinSize, noCompressionUserAgents and compressableMimeType like this 

      • ...
<Connector
           port="8080" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
           maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="2" maxSpareThreads="75"
           enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" 
           acceptCount="100" connectionTimeout="20000" 
           disableUploadTimeout="true"
           compression="on" compressionMinSize="1" 
           noCompressionUserAgents="gozilla, traviata" 
           compressableMimeType="text/html,text/xml"
           />
...

    • Apache Httpd : use mod_deflate as described here

      • todo : write a small tutorial "How to enable mod_deflate in Apache Httpd" or refer to an existing one

    • Microsoft IIS : todo

Further readings

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