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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by sl...@apache.org on 2002/05/02 19:52:21 UTC
cvs commit: httpd-2.0/docs/manual filter.html
slive 02/05/02 10:52:21
Modified: docs/manual filter.html
Log:
Update the filter documentation to mention AddInput/OutputFilter and
DEFLATE.
Revision Changes Path
1.6 +23 -14 httpd-2.0/docs/manual/filter.html
Index: filter.html
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--- filter.html 22 Sep 2001 18:53:20 -0000 1.5
+++ filter.html 2 May 2002 17:52:21 -0000 1.6
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
<tr>
<td valign="top"><strong>Related Modules</strong><br />
<br />
+ <a href="mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_defalte</a><br />
<a href="mod/mod_ext_filter.html">mod_ext_filter</a><br />
<a href="mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a><br />
</td>
@@ -41,27 +42,35 @@
</tr>
</table>
- <p>A <em>filter</em> is a process which is applied to data that
+ <p>A <em>filter</em> is a process that is applied to data that
is sent or received by the server. Data sent by clients to the
server is processed by <em>input filters</em> while data sent
by the server to the client is processed by <em>output
filters</em>. Multiple filters can be applied to the data, and
the order of the filters can be explicitly specified.</p>
- <p>Filters are used internally by Apache to perform functions
- such as chunking and byte-range request handling. In addition,
- modules can provide filters which are selectable using run-time
- configuration directives. The set of filters which apply to
- data can be manipulated with the <code>SetInputFilter</code>
- and <code>SetOutputFilter</code> directives.</p>
+ <p>Filters are used internally by Apache to perform functions such
+ as chunking and byte-range request handling. In addition, modules
+ can provide filters that are selectable using run-time
+ configuration directives. The set of filters that apply to data
+ can be manipulated with the <code>SetInputFilter</code>,
+ <code>SetOutputFilter</code>, <code>AddInputFilter</code>, and
+ <code>AddOutputFilter</code> directives.</p>
- <p>The only configurable filter currently included with the
- Apache distribution is the <code>INCLUDES</code> filter which
- is provided by <a href="mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a>
- to process output for Server Side Includes. There is also an
- experimental module called <a
- href="mod/mod_ext_filter.html">mod_ext_filter</a> which allows
+ <p>The following user-selectable filters are currently provided
+ with the Apache HTTP Server distribution.</p>
+
+<dl>
+<dt>INCLUDES</dt> <dd>Server-Side Includes processing by <a
+href="mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</dd>
+<dt>DEFLATE</dt> <dd>Compress output before sending it to
+the client using <a href="mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></dd>
+</dl>
+
+ <p>In addition, the module <a
+ href="mod/mod_ext_filter.html">mod_ext_filter</a> allows
for external programs to be defined as filters.</p>
+
<!--#include virtual="footer.html" -->
</body>
</html>