More details: When I run my large process in a thread, the thread that is rendering the next page, and the large process, are getting generally equal slices of processing time and end at about the same time. The page I am navigating too also has heavy work to do in order to spin up data I need.
On 2016-05-27 12:51, Jered Myers <j...@maplewoodsoftware.com> wrote: > I have a large background process that I need to execute when a user submits > a form. The background process can run while the user continues to use the > application. I am having trouble allowing the user to continue working. How > do I run this background process and allow the form submit to finish and let > the user move on. I have tried using Threads and Futures. Here is example of > a login page type of submit:> > > protected void onSubmit() > > {> > if (!authenticateUser(user)) > > {> > error(%u201CInvalid username or password%u201D);> > return;> > }> > > > if (user.requiresLargeProcess()) > > {> > Thread largeProcess = new Thread(new LargeProcessRunnable());> > largeProcess.start();> > }> > > continueToOriginalDestination();> > setResponsePage(Application.get().getHomePage());> > }> > > This example is simplified for clarity. In reality, the process is in a class > that does not have access to Wicket code. This means I cannot do tricks like > use an AbstractDefaultAjaxBehavior to make the call later. Can somebody > please point me in the right direction? I think I am needing to spawn a > thread that runs outside of the Wicket RequestCycle, but I am not sure that > is the correct terminology.> > > Thanks for any help,> > Jered> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org