Hello Keesjan, you should keep a separate HttpState for each user of MyClass. Authentication credentials and cookies are set in the HttpState, and the HttpClient provides only a default HttpState. There is no need to have different HttpClient objects if you pass the HttpState explicitly when executing a method.
A static attribute should do just fine for either 1 or 2. 3 will have to be answered by somebody else. cheers, Roland "Keesjan van Bunningen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11.10.2005 10:52 Please respond to "HttpClient User Discussion" To <[email protected]> cc Subject Use a single or multiple client instances? For each request to a remote server I create a new instance of MyClass that uses/wraps HttpClient. 1. Can I use a single instance of the HttpClient (as a static field) inside MyClass or do I need to instantiate a new one for each new instance of MyClass? Because I use authentication and the credentials are set on the client, I presume I require a new instance for each request. 2. If I require a new instance of HttpClient for each instance of MyClass, how do I share the multi-threaded connection manager? Can I include the MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager as a static field in MyClass and pass this as the parameter in the constructor of HttpClient? 3. If I want to apply new connection settings on-the-fly, is it possible/wise to update these settings in the existing connection manager? For instance, what happens if the MaxTotalConnections is currently set to 10 and the connection manager has 10 connections open, but I change the MaxTotalConnections value to 6? class MyClass { private static final HttpConnectionManager manager = new MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager(); private HttpClient client; public MyClass() { init(); } private void init() { int maxConnections = (...) // loaded on-the-fly and may change over time this.client = new HttpClient(manager); // set/update settings this.client.getHttpConnectionManager().getParams().setMaxTotalConnections(maxConnections); } (...) } Kind regards, Keesjan van Bunningen Finalist IT Group - The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
