Commit 6ad74cad authored by Nick Kew's avatar Nick Kew
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docs/manual/new_features_2_2.xml

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>

<!DOCTYPE manualpage SYSTEM "./style/manualpage.dtd">

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="./style/manual.en.xsl"?>

<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->

<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->



<!--

 Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
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          <code>Apache JServ Protocol version 1.3</code> used by 

          <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/">Apache Tomcat</a>.</dd>



      <dt>Smart Filters</dt>

      <dd>...</dd>

      <dt>Smart Filtering</dt>

      <dd><module>mod_filter</module> introduces dynamic configuration

          to the output filter chain.  It enables filters to be conditionally

          inserted, based on any Request or Response header or environment

          variable, and dispenses with the more problematic dependencies and

          ordering problems in the 2.0 architecture.</dd>



    </dl>

  </section>
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          set the stack size on all threaded MPMs.  This is required

          for some third-party modules on platforms with small default

          thread stack size.</dd>



      <dt>Protocol handling for output filters</dt>



      <dd>In the past, every filter has been responsible for ensuring 

          that it generates the correct response headers where it affects

          them.  Filters can now delegate common protocol management to

          <module>mod_filter</module>, using the

          <code>ap_register_output_filter_protocol</code> or

          <code>ap_filter_protocol</code> calls.</dd>

    </dl>

  </section>

</manualpage>