CompressionFilter works fine for me using the below config even serving
static files.  I can get /examples/jsp/index.html without any problem
using CompressionFilter.

<filter-mapping>
      <filter-name>Compression Filter</filter-name>
      <url-pattern>/*.html</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

Amy

Mickael Guessant wrote:

>   Hi all,
>
>   The compression filter in tomcat 4b7 seems to work fine when
> using it against a simple servlet output, but I had some
> difficulties to make it work with static files (served by the
> DefaultServlet) and Jsps.
>
>   In order to reproduce the problem, simply add the following
> filter mapping to the examples webapp :
>
>     <filter-mapping>
>       <filter-name>Compression Filter</filter-name>
>       <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
>     </filter-mapping>
>
>   When getting /examples/jsp/index.html, only 10 bytes are
> actually sent. The problem comes from the fact that a GZIPOutputStream
> must be explicitly closed, a call to flush is not enough.
>
>   I solved this one by adding a call to close in
> DefaultServlet.copy(ResourceInfo resourceInfo,
>                     ServletOutputStream ostream) :
>
>         // Clean up the output stream
>         try {
>             ostream.close();
>         } catch (Throwable t) {
>             ;
>         }
>
> Strangely enough, the method comment says :
> "and ensure that both streams are closed"
> but this is not implemented that way, is there a reason I have
> missed ?
>
> There seems to be the same problem with Jasper, but I didn't have
> time to patch it.
>
> --
> Mickael Guessant
> Consultant
> Fi System France - http://www.fisystem.com
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tel: +33 141 026 062

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