Caching JSP output

All,
          Any help or pointers to solutions would be greatly appreciated.
          We have some JSPs that produce relatively static output. Is there a way in
          WL to cache the output, instead on recreating it every time? I know that
          the Caucho JSP engine will do this (it uses browser caching directives).
          Would we need to create our own caching mechanism?
          Thanks,
          Wade Matveyenko

Good idea, I'll file it as a per.
          Sam
          "Dimitri Rakitine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
          news:[email protected]...
          > Oh. Then why not use maxSize cache backed by the SoftReferences?
          > For example, in the BubblingCache store hard references:
          >
          > class KeyValuePair {
          > public Object key;
          > public Object value; // hard reference to prevent cached object
          > // from being gc'ed.
          > }
          >
          > in the sorted array and SoftReferences in the HashMap - that way it will
          > behave like a normal maxSize cache and, if we are lucky, will be able to
          > return cached objects even after their hard references are removedi
          (maxSize
          > reached). If the garbage collector is too eager to clear SoftReferences
          there
          > will be no performance penalty.
          >
          > Sam Pullara <[email protected]> wrote:
          > > Essentially, soft references in HotSpot are not useful as caches. Here
          is
          > > the bug/per from the
          > > Java Developer Connection:
          >
          > > http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4239645.html
          >
          > > What you find is that your newly made soft reference rarely makes it to
          the
          > > long term generation
          > > in the collector and thus gets cleared almost immediately. There is
          some
          > > stochastic effect that
          > > smoothes it somewhat over time but it is nothing like the perfect
          behaviour
          > > you get from the classic
          > > virtual machine.
          >
          > > Although the tag detects what VM it is in and determines a good default,
          > > there is the ability to
          > > force softreferences either on or off. You can set either
          >
          > > weblogicx.jsp.tags.CacheTag.softreferences=true
          > > or
          > > weblogicx.jsp.tags.CacheTag.nosoftreferences=true
          >
          > > To force it one way or the other. These are System properties, not
          WebLogic
          > > properties, so you
          > > will either need to set them on the command line with -D or you can use
          the
          > > special weblogic.properties
          > > syntax and prepend java.system.property to the property names to set
          them,
          > > like:
          >
          > > java.system.property.weblogicx.jsp.tags.CacheTag.softreferences=true
          >
          > > Some of the documentation is a tad out of date. There will be a more
          formal
          > > release of the tag library
          > > in the next release of the WebLogic Server.
          >
          > > Sam
          >
          > > "Dimitri Rakitine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
          > > news:[email protected]...
          > >> It says: 'Unfortunately, due to incompatibilities with the HotSpot's VM
          > > and the Classic VM, we must
          > >> not use soft references when we are running within HotSpot. '
          > >>
          > >> Could you please elaborate what these incompatibilities are?
          > >>
          > >> Thanks.
          > >>
          > >> Sam Pullara <[email protected]> wrote:
          > >> > Service Pack 5 includes a cache tag. Attached is a war file with the
          > >> > javadocs.
          > >> > You should find it in lib/weblogic-tags-510.jar or use the one in the
          > > war
          > >> > file.
          > >>
          > >> > Sam
          > >>
          > >> > "Dimitri Rakitine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
          > >> > news:[email protected]...
          > >> >> You can use squid (http://www.squid-cache.org) in front of your
          > >> >> Weblogic server(s) - it will do caching for you.
          > >> >>
          > >> >> Wade Matveyenko <[email protected]> wrote:
          > >> >> > All,
          > >> >> > Any help or pointers to solutions would be greatly appreciated.
          > >> >>
          > >> >> > We have some JSPs that produce relatively static output. Is there
          a
          > > way
          > >> > in
          > >> >> > WL to cache the output, instead on recreating it every time? I
          know
          > >> > that
          > >> >> > the Caucho JSP engine will do this (it uses browser caching
          > > directives).
          > >> >> > Would we need to create our own caching mechanism?
          > >> >>
          > >> >> > Thanks,
          > >> >> > Wade Matveyenko
          > >> >>
          > >> >> --
          > >> >> Dimitri
          > >> >> http://dima.dhs.org
          > >>
          > >> --
          > >> Dimitri
          > >> http://dima.dhs.org
          >
          > --
          > Dimitri
          > http://dima.dhs.org

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