What is the best method to GZIP a JSF-Seam web app pages

Question

I\'m developing an JSF web app on Tomcat, planning to use Seam in the near future, and I want to add compression of our web pages and resources (i.e. Javascript & CSS fi

Answer 1

I tried a Servlet filter to add GZIP compression (not Ehcache though) and couldn't get it work properly. I ended up putting Apache with mod_jk in front of the app Server. All it took was a few minutes to configure GIP compressiion and I'm also feeling a lot more secure since just one app is exposed instead of the whole App Server.

Answer 2

You should try the Jawr API