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Blarg #4: Good Web Application Cache and Compression Support

Here is a write up I did about probably the best solution to providing cache and compression support for your web application. If you don't know what a cache or compression filter is, read this article, now. If you do, it is still worth taking a look. Several questions have been asked and answered about the practical use of these filters and how they compare to alternative choices that offer the same functionality.

In short, I'm arguing that this is something every Java web app developer should use, and I'm showing exactly how in general it should be done. Don't you think that is worth a quick look? Not to mention free, open-source code compliments the O'Reilly quality article.

Cheers,

Jayson Falkner - jayson@jspinsider.com

Comments

• Remember browser caching
  Always add a servlet filter to add the http header
  Cache-control: max-age=3600, public

  to static stylesheets, gifs, jpgs, javascript files etc.

  It's efficient to serve content from cache. It's much more efficient not to serve it at all.
  

  Posted by: nielsull on November 25, 2003 at 05:09 AM

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