Transfer-Encoding: chunked
I was trying to understand more on Transfer-Encoding:chunked. referred some articles:
http://zoompf.com/blog/2012/05/too-chunky and "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header in PHP.
I still didn't get very clear picture. I understand setting this encoding allows server to set content in chunk to the browser and cause partial rendering of content at a time that makes web site responsive.
If I've a web application that serves dynamic content (ex: JSF based web app) hosted on IBM WAS, most of the web pages are designed to server rich static content with lots of CSS and JS files + dynamic content. How can I set transfer-encoding 'chunked' for my pages? Or in other words:
- How do you decide which page will have
'Transfer-Encoding: chunked'and how do you set it for that page?
Your personal experience will certainly be valuable for my understanding.
Answer
Transfer-Encoding: chunked isn't needed for progressive rendering. However, it is needed when the total content length is unknown before the first bytes are sent.