Http2ContentDecompressor.java
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package org.asynchttpclient.netty.handler;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.buffer.CompositeByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;
import io.netty.channel.embedded.EmbeddedChannel;
import io.netty.handler.codec.compression.JdkZlibDecoder;
import io.netty.handler.codec.compression.ZlibWrapper;
import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.DefaultHttp2DataFrame;
import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2DataFrame;
import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2HeadersFrame;
/**
* HTTP/2 content decompressor that transparently decompresses gzip/deflate response bodies.
* Installed on stream child channels when automatic decompression is enabled.
* <p>
* Uses Netty's {@link JdkZlibDecoder} via an {@link EmbeddedChannel} for streaming decompression,
* forwarding decompressed data frames as they arrive rather than buffering the entire response.
*/
public class Http2ContentDecompressor extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
private final boolean keepEncodingHeader;
private EmbeddedChannel decompressor;
public Http2ContentDecompressor(boolean keepEncodingHeader) {
this.keepEncodingHeader = keepEncodingHeader;
}
@Override
public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) throws Exception {
if (msg instanceof Http2HeadersFrame) {
Http2HeadersFrame headersFrame = (Http2HeadersFrame) msg;
CharSequence contentEncoding = headersFrame.headers().get("content-encoding");
if (contentEncoding != null) {
String enc = contentEncoding.toString().toLowerCase();
if (enc.contains("gzip") || enc.contains("deflate")) {
ZlibWrapper wrapper = enc.contains("gzip") ? ZlibWrapper.GZIP : ZlibWrapper.ZLIB_OR_NONE;
decompressor = new EmbeddedChannel(false, new JdkZlibDecoder(wrapper));
if (!keepEncodingHeader) {
headersFrame.headers().remove("content-encoding");
}
headersFrame.headers().remove("content-length");
}
}
ctx.fireChannelRead(msg);
} else if (msg instanceof Http2DataFrame && decompressor != null) {
Http2DataFrame dataFrame = (Http2DataFrame) msg;
ByteBuf content = dataFrame.content();
boolean endStream = dataFrame.isEndStream();
if (content.isReadable()) {
decompressor.writeInbound(content.retain());
}
// Release the original frame
dataFrame.release();
// Read all decompressed output from the embedded channel
CompositeByteBuf decompressed = ctx.alloc().compositeBuffer();
ByteBuf decoded;
while ((decoded = decompressor.readInbound()) != null) {
decompressed.addComponent(true, decoded);
}
if (endStream) {
decompressor.finish();
while ((decoded = decompressor.readInbound()) != null) {
decompressed.addComponent(true, decoded);
}
releaseDecompressor();
}
if (decompressed.isReadable() || endStream) {
ctx.fireChannelRead(new DefaultHttp2DataFrame(decompressed, endStream));
} else {
decompressed.release();
}
} else {
ctx.fireChannelRead(msg);
}
}
@Override
public void handlerRemoved(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
releaseDecompressor();
}
private void releaseDecompressor() {
if (decompressor != null) {
decompressor.finishAndReleaseAll();
decompressor = null;
}
}
}