diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c96d8d77e..82e242b9af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -697,7 +697,6 @@
spring-reactor
spring-remoting
spring-rest-angular
- spring-rest-compress
spring-rest-http
spring-rest-http-2
spring-rest-query-language
@@ -1200,7 +1199,6 @@
spring-reactor
spring-remoting
spring-rest-angular
- spring-rest-compress
spring-rest-http
spring-rest-query-language
spring-rest-shell
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/README.md b/spring-rest-compress/README.md
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index ce627d8595..0000000000
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-## Spring REST Compress
-
-This module contains articles about request compression with Spring
-
-### Relevant Articles:
-- [How to compress requests using the Spring RestTemplate](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-resttemplate-compressing-requests)
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/pom.xml b/spring-rest-compress/pom.xml
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- 4.0.0
- spring-rest-compress
- 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
- spring-rest-compress
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- com.baeldung
- parent-boot-2
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- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-starter-web
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- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-starter-jetty
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- org.apache.httpcomponents
- httpclient
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- commons-io
- commons-io
- ${commons-io.version}
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- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-starter-test
- test
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- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-maven-plugin
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- 1.8
- 2.6
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diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/CompressingClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/CompressingClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/CompressingClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java
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@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
-import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestExecution;
-import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public class CompressingClientHttpRequestInterceptor implements ClientHttpRequestInterceptor {
-
- private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CompressingClientHttpRequestInterceptor.class);
-
- private static final String GZIP_ENCODING = "gzip";
-
- /**
- * Compress a request body using Gzip and add Http headers.
- *
- * @param req
- * @param body
- * @param exec
- * @return
- * @throws IOException
- */
- @Override
- public ClientHttpResponse intercept(HttpRequest req, byte[] body, ClientHttpRequestExecution exec)
- throws IOException {
- LOG.info("Compressing request...");
- HttpHeaders httpHeaders = req.getHeaders();
- httpHeaders.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_ENCODING, GZIP_ENCODING);
- httpHeaders.add(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_ENCODING, GZIP_ENCODING);
- return exec.execute(req, GzipUtils.compress(body));
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/GzipUtils.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/GzipUtils.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/GzipUtils.java
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@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-import org.apache.commons.codec.Charsets;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
-import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
-
-public class GzipUtils {
-
- /**
- * Gzip a string.
- *
- * @param text
- * @return
- * @throws Exception
- */
- public static byte[] compress(String text) throws Exception {
- return GzipUtils.compress(text.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
- }
-
- /**
- * Gzip a byte array.
- *
- * @param body
- * @return
- * @throws IOException
- */
- public static byte[] compress(byte[] body) throws IOException {
- ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
- try (GZIPOutputStream gzipOutputStream = new GZIPOutputStream(baos)) {
- gzipOutputStream.write(body);
- }
- return baos.toByteArray();
- }
-
- /**
- * Decompress a Gzipped byte array to a String.
- *
- * @param body
- * @return
- * @throws IOException
- */
- public static String decompress(byte[] body) throws IOException {
- try (GZIPInputStream gzipInputStream = new GZIPInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(body))) {
- return IOUtils.toString(gzipInputStream, Charsets.UTF_8);
- }
- }
-}
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/JettyWebServerConfiguration.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/JettyWebServerConfiguration.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/JettyWebServerConfiguration.java
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@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.gzip.GzipHandler;
-import org.springframework.boot.web.embedded.jetty.JettyServletWebServerFactory;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-
-/**
- * Configure Jetty web server so it handles compressed requests.
- */
-@Configuration
-public class JettyWebServerConfiguration {
-
- private static final int MIN_BYTES = 1;
-
- /**
- * Customise the Jetty web server to automatically decompress requests.
- */
- @Bean
- public JettyServletWebServerFactory jettyServletWebServerFactory() {
-
- JettyServletWebServerFactory factory = new JettyServletWebServerFactory();
- factory.addServerCustomizers(server -> {
-
- GzipHandler gzipHandler = new GzipHandler();
- // Enable request decompression
- gzipHandler.setInflateBufferSize(MIN_BYTES);
- gzipHandler.setHandler(server.getHandler());
-
- HandlerCollection handlerCollection = new HandlerCollection(gzipHandler);
- server.setHandler(handlerCollection);
- });
-
- return factory;
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/Message.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/Message.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/Message.java
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@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-public class Message {
-
- private String text;
-
- public Message() {
- }
-
- public Message(String text) {
- this.text = text;
- }
-
- public String getText() {
- return text;
- }
-
- public void setText(String text) {
- this.text = text;
- }
-
- @Override
- public String toString() {
- final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Message {");
- sb.append("text='").append(text).append('\'');
- sb.append('}');
- return sb.toString();
- }
-}
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/MessageController.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/MessageController.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/MessageController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-@RestController
-public class MessageController {
-
- protected static final String PROCESSED = "Processed ";
-
- protected static final String REQUEST_MAPPING = "process";
-
- private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MessageController.class);
-
- /**
- * A simple endpoint that responds with "Processed " + supplied Message content.
- *
- * @param headers
- * @param message
- * @return
- */
- @PostMapping(value = REQUEST_MAPPING)
- public ResponseEntity processMessage(@RequestHeader Map headers,
- @RequestBody Message message) {
-
- // Print headers
- headers.forEach((k, v) -> LOG.info(k + "=" + v));
-
- return ResponseEntity.ok(PROCESSED + message.getText());
- }
-}
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/RestTemplateConfiguration.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/RestTemplateConfiguration.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/RestTemplateConfiguration.java
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@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-
-@Configuration
-public class RestTemplateConfiguration {
-
- /**
- * A RestTemplate that compresses requests.
- *
- * @return RestTemplate
- */
- @Bean
- public RestTemplate getRestTemplate() {
- RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
- restTemplate.getInterceptors().add(new CompressingClientHttpRequestInterceptor());
- return restTemplate;
- }
-}
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/SpringCompressRequestApplication.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/SpringCompressRequestApplication.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/SpringCompressRequestApplication.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-
-@SpringBootApplication
-@EnableAutoConfiguration
-public class SpringCompressRequestApplication {
-
- public static void main(String[] args) {
- SpringApplication.run(SpringCompressRequestApplication.class, args);
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/GzipUtilsUnitTest.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/GzipUtilsUnitTest.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/GzipUtilsUnitTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-
-public class GzipUtilsUnitTest {
-
- @Test
- public void givenCompressedText_whenDecompressed_thenSuccessful() throws Exception {
- final String expectedText = "Hello Baeldung!";
- byte[] compressedText = GzipUtils.compress(expectedText);
- String decompressedText = GzipUtils.decompress(compressedText);
- assertNotNull(compressedText);
- assertEquals(expectedText, decompressedText);
- }
-
-}
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diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/MessageControllerUnitTest.java b/spring-rest-compress/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/MessageControllerUnitTest.java
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--- a/spring-rest-compress/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/rest/compress/MessageControllerUnitTest.java
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@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.rest.compress;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.boot.web.server.LocalServerPort;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-
-@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
-public class MessageControllerUnitTest {
-
- private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MessageControllerUnitTest.class);
-
- @Autowired
- private RestTemplate restTemplate;
-
- @LocalServerPort
- private int randomServerPort;
-
- /**
- * As a further test you can intercept the request body, using a tool like
- * Wireshark, to see the request body is actually gzipped.
- *
- * @throws Exception
- */
- @Test
- public void givenRestTemplate_whenPostCompressedRequest_thenRespondsSuccessfully() throws Exception {
-
- final String text = "Hello Baeldung!";
- Message message = new Message(text);
-
- HttpEntity request = new HttpEntity<>(message);
- String uri = String.format("http://localhost:%s/%s", randomServerPort, MessageController.REQUEST_MAPPING);
-
- ResponseEntity responseEntity = restTemplate.postForEntity(uri, request, String.class);
-
- String response = responseEntity.getBody();
- LOG.info("Got response [{}]", response);
-
- assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, responseEntity.getStatusCode());
- assertNotNull(response);
- assertEquals(MessageController.PROCESSED + text, response);
- }
-
-}