Data compression between Client and JBoss...

[semi]

Hi,

does anybody know how to configure
a compressed socket communication between a java client and jboss?
All serialized objects passed to the server and returned from server should be compressed to reduce network traffic.
I could use gzipped value-objects, but I would like to do this on the transport layer if possible.

I already asked this question in the performance forum, but nobody has had an answer.
Any idea?

Thanks for help,
Michael

[juhalindfors]

have a look at how RMI/SSL invoker works for instance:

create an invoker that uncompresses your network stream on the server side and then add a proxy binding that contains a client side interceptor which compresses the stream

[fbiaggi]

Yes, we have implemented this, using SUN examples, but the resulting performance is not acceptable.
Ciao

[rimuhosting]

Here is an idea. Use ssh port forwarding. e.g. between your localhost:yourport and the remotehost:theirport. SSH supports supports compression (obviously as well as encryption).

This change would not require any app changes, other than deployment ones, I'd imagine.

Cheers, Peter
http://RimuHosting.com - JBoss/JSP Hosting

[semi]

The ssh solution sounds good. I'll try it.

Thanks for the answers,
Michael