> But a *segment* will be held in memory prior to writing to the output > stream though. For XXX,000 requests I think this is an unreasonable > memory overhead.
John, Just to make sure I understand you correctly, you are saying that your application will be processing XXX,000 requests *concurrently*? What kind of application is it, if I may ask you? Oleg -----Original Message----- From: John Keyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 16:59 To: Commons HttpClient Project Subject: Re: streaming request body On 24 Feb 2004, at 14:36, Stefan Dingfelder wrote: > John Keyes schrieb: > >>> For (a), Oleg's response is correct. You might easily be confused, >>> in the sense that HttpClient's API inverts the control. It is not >>> that you write to an "OutputStream" to send your data, it is that >>> you provide HttpClient with an "InputStream", and it reads that >>> stream and sends the data. HttpClient is designed to accomodate >>> your concern, and if your configuration is correct (as per the >>> examples), it will not buffer the entire contents of your >>> InputStream, but rather read it and send it in small chunks. As >>> another post points you, you may still have to buffer what you're >>> sending to *disk*, but not to memory. >> >> >> So you think buffering all requests to disk to support streaming is >> an acceptable solution? If I am dealing with XXX,000 of requests >> that sure as hell would suck with all the disk I/O going on. Does >> this not suggest that there is a problem with the architecture? >> > I am missing something here from both views. Maybe I am wrong but as I > understand it, I can provide any InputStream. And that must not be a > file on disk (which I dislike also - except for large files or live > streams that cannot be put to memory in total) but can be any object > in memory. So in case of sending it there should be no problem.. > Correct? Correct. But a *segment* will be held in memory prior to writing to the output stream though. For XXX,000 requests I think this is an unreasonable memory overhead. I am looking at avoiding using Sun's connection class as it buffers all of the content prior to writing to the wire. -John K --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended addressee is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, retention, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to or forward a copy of this message to the sender and delete the message, any attachments, and any copies thereof from your system. *************************************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
