the advantage of the HTTPClient version is it supports keep alive and slow connections correctly. the default sun implementation does not and hasn't since the beginning.
peter On 12/9/05, Christensen, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I originally wrote all my scripts using the "HTTP Request" sampler. Now > there is a second one that is called "HTTP Request HTTPClient". What is > the advantage of using one vs the other? > > So far the "HTTP Request" sampler has worked well for my tests except > that the line speed property cannot be used with this sampler. > > The "HTTP Request HTTPClient" sampler does work with the line speed > property but the current version in the December 7th nightly build > doesn't seem to work with https (parameter issue?) and doesn't > decompress pages that were requested with compression enabled. Hence > all assertions fail. These issues would seem to make this new sampler > not worth using unless you must take advantage of the line speed > property. Are there any advantages of this sampler that I don't know > about? Why was it developed? > > > >
