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Log file says "Writing..."

My web application runs using Tomcat 7, Windows Server 2008R2, Java, JSP, SQL Server 2012

The .out log file has thousands of rows with just the words "writing...."

I used NotePad++ to search the entire application (including JARs etc.) for "Writing." and and nowhere can I find any code that is the culprit.

Although it does seem that .jar files are zip files - and thus this search wouldn't work as I am searching for plaintext (see comments on Fast way to update text in a Jar file ) when I edit the .jar files in NotePad++ they all seem to have plaintext in them such as org/saxpath/XPathHandler.class

I had the same problem when the application ran under Oracle and Oracle Application Server.

Any ideas?

Solution

  • It was caused by the following in web.xml

        <filter>
        <filter-name>Compress</filter-name>
        <filter-class>com.jspbook.GZIPFilter</filter-class>
    </filter>

    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>Compress</filter-name>
        <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
    </filter-mapping>
    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>Compress</filter-name>
        <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
    </filter-mapping>