diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlecode/jsonrpc4j/JsonRpcServer.java b/src/main/java/com/googlecode/jsonrpc4j/JsonRpcServer.java
index 1a45d20..16fdd49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlecode/jsonrpc4j/JsonRpcServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlecode/jsonrpc4j/JsonRpcServer.java
@@ -117,28 +117,33 @@ public void handle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) thr
 		OutputStream output = response.getOutputStream();
 		InputStream input = getRequestStream(request);
 		int result = ErrorResolver.JsonError.PARSE_ERROR.code;
-		int contentLength = 0;
+
 		ByteArrayOutputStream byteOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 		try {
-			String acceptEncoding = request.getHeader(ACCEPT_ENCODING);
-			result = handleRequest0(input, output, acceptEncoding, response, byteOutput);
-
-			contentLength = byteOutput.size();
+			result = handleRequest(input, byteOutput);
 		} catch (Throwable t) {
-			if (StreamEndedException.class.isInstance(t)) {
+			if (t instanceof StreamEndedException) {
 				logger.debug("Bad request: empty contents!");
 			} else {
 				logger.error(t.getMessage(), t);
 			}
 		}
-		int httpStatusCode = httpStatusCodeProvider == null ? DefaultHttpStatusCodeProvider.INSTANCE.getHttpStatusCode(result)
-				: httpStatusCodeProvider.getHttpStatusCode(result);
-		response.setStatus(httpStatusCode);
-		response.setContentLength(contentLength);
+
+		response.setStatus(resolveHttpStatusCode(result));
+		response.setContentLength(byteOutput.size());
 		byteOutput.writeTo(output);
 		output.flush();
 	}
 
+	private int resolveHttpStatusCode(int result) {
+		int httpStatusCode;
+		if (this.httpStatusCodeProvider != null) {
+			return this.httpStatusCodeProvider.getHttpStatusCode(result);
+		} else {
+			return DefaultHttpStatusCodeProvider.INSTANCE.getHttpStatusCode(result);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private InputStream getRequestStream(HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException {
 		InputStream input;
 		if (request.getMethod().equals("POST")) {
@@ -151,10 +156,6 @@ private InputStream getRequestStream(HttpServletRequest request) throws IOExcept
 		return input;
 	}
 
-	private int handleRequest0(InputStream input, OutputStream output, String contentEncoding, HttpServletResponse response, ByteArrayOutputStream byteOutput) throws IOException {
-		return handleRequest(input, byteOutput);
-	}
-
 	private static InputStream createInputStream(HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException {
 		String method = request.getParameter(METHOD);
 		String id = request.getParameter(ID);