XmlRpcServer exception and intended usage

[Massive Boisson]

Hi all,

I've been using org.apache.xmlrpc (still using 1.2) together with servlet in jetty.

Recently I got the following scary exception and had to restart the server.
    java.lang.RuntimeException: System overload
    error is in XmlRpcServer.java on line 179.

After looking over the code it seems that number of workers exceeds the permitted number of threads (100).

I then figured my servlet does the following in constructor:
    public XmlRpcServlet () {
        this.server = new XmlRpcServer();        
    }

So if jetty uses one instance of that servlet to handle many requests, the number of workers (nbrWorkers) will
never be reset, and I could possibly get System overload exception.

That is the only reason I can think of.

I am careful / scared to place new XmlRpcServer() call into doPost method of Servlet for performance reasons.
But if it is the only solution, I have no choice (I could look into jetty, but that's for another topic)

Another more direct question is how is XmlRpcServer expected to be used?

I am pretty desperate for ideas/opinions/experiences.... Anything please?!

Thanks,

--MB