GzipHandlerExample.java

package jetty;

import java.io.File;

import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler;
import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.gzip.GzipHandler;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.DefaultServlet;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource;

public class GzipHandlerExample
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {
        Server server = new Server();
        ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(server);
        connector.setPort(8080);
        server.addConnector(connector);

        GzipHandler gzip = new GzipHandler();
        gzip.setIncludedMethods("GET","POST");
        gzip.setMinGzipSize(245);
        gzip.setIncludedMimeTypes("text/plain","text/css","text/html","text/javascript");
        server.setHandler(gzip);

        ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler();
        context.setContextPath("/");
        context.setBaseResource(Resource.newResource(new File("/path/to/static/files/")));
        context.setWelcomeFiles(new String[] { "index.html" });
        context.addAliasCheck(new ContextHandler.ApproveAliases());
        context.addServlet(HelloServlet.class,"/hello/*");
        context.addServlet(DefaultServlet.class,"/"); // always last, always on "/"

        gzip.setHandler(context);

        server.start();
        server.join();
    }
}