Ehcache’s SimplePageCachingFilter caches cookies. And that baffles me… why would a cache include cookies in it? I ran into the interesting situation where servlets, interceptors, and all those other Java goodies were writing cookies for purposes like the current browsing user’s identifier so it could track that user on the site and keep track of … Continue reading Why would a cache include cookies?
Tag: performance
HTTP Caching Header Aware Servlet Filter
On the project I’m working on, we’re desperately trying to improve performance. One of the approaches taken by my coworkers was to add the SimplePageCachingFilter from Ehcache, so that Ehcache can serve frequently hit pages that aren’t completely dynamic. However, it occurred to me that the SimplePageCachingFilter can be improved by adding support for the … Continue reading HTTP Caching Header Aware Servlet Filter