>If incremental processing is off, Xalan should not be creating any threads.
Agreed. But it's likely that Java's network support _is_ creating threads. "Connection aborted by peer" means the server decided to stop talking to you. Find out why. It may be malfunctioning, or it may be delivering different data than you expect and have reached the end of its response, or your network connection may be unreliable, or it may have timed out... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]