Proposal to clarify in the docs that request size filter acts on Cont…

…ent-Length header (#3085)

* Update RequestSizeGatewayFilterFactory.java

* Update GatewayFilterSpec.java

spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RequestSizeGatewayFilterFactory.java

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.GatewayToStringStyler.filterToStringCreator;
 
 /**
- * This filter blocks the request, if the request size is more than the permissible size.
+ * This filter blocks the request if the size in Content-Length header value is more than the permissible size.
+ * Has no effect if Content-Length header is missing.
  * The default request size is 5 MB.
  *
  * @author Arpan

spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/route/builder/GatewayFilterSpec.java

@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ protected Optional<URI> determineRequestUri(ServerWebExchange exchange, Object c
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * A filter that sets the maximum permissible size of a Request.
+	 * A filter that sets the maximum permissible size of a Content-Length header value in the Request.
 	 * @param size the maximum size of a request
 	 * @return a {@link GatewayFilterSpec} that can be used to apply additional filters
 	 */
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ public GatewayFilterSpec setRequestSize(Long size) {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * A filter that sets the maximum permissible size of a Request.
+	 * A filter that sets the maximum permissible size of a Content-Length header value in the Request.
 	 * @param size the maximum size of a request
 	 * @return a {@link GatewayFilterSpec} that can be used to apply additional filters
 	 */