On 12/01/06, Oleg Kalnichevski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sebb wrote: > > We are using HttpClient in Apache JMeter. > > This uses multiple threads to simulate multiple users. > > > > We don't use HttpClient and a Connection Manager, as we specifically > > don't want to share connections between threads. Instead, we create > > our own HttpConnection objects and pass these to > > > > method.execute(state.connection). > > > > I'm now wondering whether this is a sensible approach? > > > > Sebastian, > > This approach works more or less ok with HttpClient 2.0.x due to the > fact that in HttpClient 2.0 almost all control logic is stuck in the > HttpMethodBase class. HttpClient 3.0 has a slightly saner design > compared to that of HttpClient 2.0. The authentication, redirect > handling, request retry handling logic has been moved from > HttpMethodBase to HttpMethodDirector in HttpClient 3.0. Therefore, if
OK, I see - I'd not checked what 2.0 was doing. BTW, the API changes document http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/jakarta/commons/proper/httpclient/trunk/API_CHANGES_3_0.txt?view=markup does not mention this change. > you want to continue using HttpConnection and HttpMethod classes > directly, you face the prospect of having to re-implement all this logic > in JMeter. > No thanks ... ! > > > Perhaps we are missing out by not using a method such as: > > > > httpClient.executeMethod(method) > > > > I would have expected the two approaches to be much the same, but on > > looking at the latter, this is handled via HttpMethodDirector, which > > seems to do rather more than method.execute() does. > > > > Should we be using a customised ConnectionManager instead? > > > > I agree with Roland that in your case the simple HTTP connection manager > should suffice. This said, there's no harm in writing your own > connection manager if you want to exercise more control over the way > connections are handled. > OK, let's see how that behaves. Thanks. S --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
