narendly commented on a change in pull request #367: Add transient cache for CustomRestClient implementation URL: https://github.com/apache/helix/pull/367#discussion_r309477945
########## File path: helix-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/rest/client/CustomRestClientFactory.java ########## @@ -33,34 +33,37 @@ public class CustomRestClientFactory { private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomRestClientFactory.class); - private static CustomRestClient INSTANCE = null; + private static HttpClient HTTP_CLIENT_INSTANCE = null; private CustomRestClientFactory() { } + /** + * Not using singleton pattern because {@link CustomRestClientImpl} has a transient memory cache with lifecycle of one Review comment: Clarify this: we are not using the singleton for CustomRestClient but we are using a singleton HttpClient. The reason for not making CustomRestClient a singleton is because it contains extra member variables whose lifecycle is tied to the lifecycle of each REST request. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services