Compression of bloated atom+xml

Question

Is there any way to compress the DataServiceContext traffic to or from a server?

There seems to be half a solution, in applicationHost.config setting the:

<httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files">
  <dynamicTypes>
     ...
     <add mimeType="*/*" enabled="true" />
  </dynamicTypes>
</httpCompression>

And on the Context:

wr.Headers.Add("Accept-Encoding: gzip");

Which is nice because it automatically compresses it when returned from the server.

But then there's no way of getting the Client to decompress the result; it just falls flat on it's face.  Is there a way to:

1. get the client to decompress the message;

2. hook into the message before the client processes it;

Thanks

Geoff

Answer 1

lots of people looking but no answers, is it one for the too hard basket?