> I'm using this program called "loadsim" to get a simulation of a bunch of
> users using my webapp. This is a java program utilizing the
> java.net.HttpConnection to simulate the clients, built using large parts
> of a apache loadsimulation system, right?
>
> I just installed the webapp on TC4, and are experiencing some weird
> behaviour with the "sendRedirect()" stuff.
>
> If I don't get and close the output stream, the loadsim-clients wont ever
> shut down the Connection, and then, after the timeout of 60000 millis, TC4
> closes it. It then says 0 bytes received in the loadsim log.
>
> If I on the other hand go in to the server using a normal browser
> (Mozilla) during the test, I can browse it happily (The load-clients are
> of course still experiencing the same problem)..
>
> Basically, I have to do this to get it working:
>
> try {
> // Getting encoding
> String encoding = res.getCharacterEncoding();
> // Setting content type
> res.setContentType("text/html; charset=" + encoding);
> // Getting the OutputStream (just to be able to close it)
> OutputStream out = res.getOutputStream();
> // Sending the redirect
> res.sendRedirect(Configuration.getDEFAULT_MAINPAGE());
> // close output stream
> out.close();
> }
> catch (IOException e) {
> throw new ServerException("Got IOException while trying to
> redirect user to ["+Configuration.getDEFAULT_MAINPAGE()+"].", e);
> }
>
>
> Why is that? Why do I have to get the outputstream, and then just close it
> to get the sendRedirect away? Why isn't the stream closed on exit of the
> doGet/Post method? Or whatever?
The default servlet doesn't use the output stream at all, and appears to
behave correctly (verified using a telnet session). This looks like a
problem with the HTTP client you're using.
Remy
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