OutputFilter (Apache Tomcat 10.0.27 API Documentation)

All Superinterfaces:

HttpOutputBuffer, OutputBuffer

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChunkedOutputFilter, GzipOutputFilter, IdentityOutputFilter, VoidOutputFilter
```
public interface OutputFilter
extends HttpOutputBuffer
```
Output filter.

Author:

Remy Maucherat

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`recycle()`	Make the filter ready to process the next request.
`void`	`setBuffer(HttpOutputBuffer buffer)`	Set the next buffer in the filter pipeline.
`void`	`setResponse(Response response)`	Some filters need additional parameters from the response.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.coyote.http11.HttpOutputBuffer
end, flush

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.coyote.OutputBuffer
doWrite, getBytesWritten

- Method Detail
  - setResponse
```
void setResponse(Response response)
```
    Some filters need additional parameters from the response. All the necessary reading can occur in that method, as this method is called after the response header processing is complete.
    
    Parameters:
    
    response - The response to associate with this OutputFilter
  - recycle
```
void recycle()
```
    Make the filter ready to process the next request.
  - setBuffer
```
void setBuffer(HttpOutputBuffer buffer)
```
    Set the next buffer in the filter pipeline.
    
    Parameters:
    
    buffer - The next buffer instance