Try the WebServicesProxyGenerator. It uses the HttpClient library, which might actually support caching. Have not tried it though.
Ivelin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Elam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: URL caching in pipelines > I want to put a Slashdot feed on my web page with the following (out of > context for brevity): > > <pipeline> > <map:match pattern="feeds/slashdot.org"> > <map:generate src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot.xml"/> > <map:serialize type="xml"/> > </map:match> > </pipeline> > > This works fine, but the server opens a socket to Slashdot on every > request to my page. If my site gets some traffic, Slashdot will not be > happy with me. Further, my bandwidth usage goes up. And when Slashdot > (and others) become slow, my site will become slow right along with > them. None is particularly appealing. > > From the Slashdot syndication page (slashcode): "Do whatever you want, > but *don't* access the file more than once every 30 minutes." > > I went hunting in the mail archives for user and dev and came up with > the following: > > <pipeline expires="now plus 30 minutes"> > <map:match pattern="feeds/slashdot.org"> > <map:generate src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot.xml"/> > <map:serialize type="xml"/> > </map:match> > </pipeline> > > No difference. My server's still hitting Slashdot over and over. I > tried telnet-ing to the port to at least check for "expires" headers. > No dice. I looked at HttpHeaderAction but that doesn't seem to touch > Cocoon's cache at all (so of limited use to me). I've used both 2.0.3 > and 2.1 CVS (as of two weeks ago). > > A part of me smiles when I think that if Slashdot ever "slashdotted" me, > they would be somewhat slashdotted themselves, but this is not my intent > and I very much want to be a decent feed client. > > Anyone have any ideas? ...preferably with little stress on my server. > > - Miles Elam > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
