Hi folks I am looking information on how to extend the tomcat chunked encoding functionality.
>From looking at the code I have found ChunkedInputFilter.java and ChunkedOutputFilter.java, these appear to be the filters responsible. From what I can see they are invoked depending on whether the response/ request has a content Length set, if no length then we add the chunked filter. Now this is all fantastic so far, what I would like to do is extend the code so that it implements the chunk encoding extensions as mentioned in the rfc2616. The reason being is that occassionally I would like my application layer to be able to specify a chunk extension within the chunk header thats about to be written, this will allow me to communicate some extra information to the http endpoint with which i am communicating with, per chunk.This will be link to link, and wont involve any SW in between the 2 links. What do you think is the best solution here, should i directly update the current Chunked filters ? If so how can I pass information down from my application to them ? My application is a servlet which accepts http posts, thus I have access to the response object, which I believe the chunked filters can also access. Maybe we can add an interface here, and use it to communicate. Im using tomcat 6.0.29. Maybe there is a way to do this without altering the current code, some how disabling the chunked filters and adding my own filters in to the chain? Comments appreciated, im new to tomcat and java, so go easy ;p Thanks Chris
