Mailing-List: contact users-help@tomcat.apache.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org>
Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy)
Message-ID: <47941C6D.4050809@hanik.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:15:41 -0700
From: Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <devlists@hanik.com>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org>
Subject: Re: comet end event
References: <176a7eb80801181340v43ae0f2bnce4188ddb2953707@mail.gmail.com>
	 <479188D3.5080408@hanik.com>
	 <176a7eb80801191632x60fc192eqc3bad1a89b040280@mail.gmail.com>
	 <4792AB7B.3050605@hanik.com>
 <176a7eb80801192322n62f25378gff58a8813612c39a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <176a7eb80801192322n62f25378gff58a8813612c39a@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit


now I get it. I just ran through a test case, and an END event was not 
thrown just because there was an end chunk.
the response is very much still open at that point

Filip

Peter Warren wrote:
> What java.net.HttpURLConnection has to do with Tomcat and comet is
> that HttpURLConnection is Java's implementation of an http client and
> will likely be used by people developing comet apps for Tomcat.  In my
> case, I want to use it because I can't use raw sockets on my applet
> client due to permission problems when trying to use sockets behind a
> proxy.
>
> I understand that asynchronous writes are possible, but they're not
> when using HttpURLConnection because HttpURLConnection sends a "last
> chunk" message when it's done with its request.  "Last chunk"
> generates a comet end event, which then requires that the connection
> to the client be closed.
>
> I guess I don't understand why tomcat needs to close the connection
> after an END event.  It seems to me that the "last chunk" message from
> the client simply indicates that the client is done sending its
> request.  Why does the server need to close the connection when the
> client finishes its request?
>
> Peter
>
> On Jan 19, 2008 6:01 PM, Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <devlists@hanik.com> wrote:
>   
>> I'm not sure what HttpURLConnection has to do with Tomcat or comet.
>> and yes, asynchronous writes are possible, just not after the END or
>> ERROR events have been issued
>>
>> Filip
>>
>>
>> Peter Warren wrote:
>>     
>>> Does that mean that HttpURLConnection cannot be used for comet
>>> requests with asynchronous (i.e. delayed) responses?
>>>
>>> It would seem so to me since HttpURLConnection always sends an END
>>> message before reading from the server and since the server can no
>>> longer write to the client after closing the comet event.  Am I
>>> missing something?  Is there a way to write to the client after the
>>> comet event is closed?
>>>
>>> Would you consider it a bug that HttpURLConnection is implemented that way?
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> On Jan 18, 2008 9:21 PM, Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <devlists@hanik.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> during end and error, you MUST close the Comet event
>>>>
>>>> Filip
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter Warren wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> What do I do to make the END event stop repeating?  I don't want to
>>>>> close the CometEvent yet because the server is waiting for data to
>>>>> send to the client.  If I don't close the comet event, the END event
>>>>> repeats incessantly.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using an unsigned applet as a comet client.  To accommodate
>>>>> proxies, I've had to change my comet client to use HttpURLConnection
>>>>> instead of Sockets.  (Accessing ProxySelector from an applet to create
>>>>> a socket with a proxy generates an AccessControlException.)
>>>>>
>>>>> HttpURLConnection unfortunately sends a 0crlf when its input stream is
>>>>> retrieved for reading.  This generates a Comet END event.  Short of
>>>>> closing the comet event, how can I make the server stop notifying me
>>>>> of END events?  I can't close the comet event because I want to hold
>>>>> onto the comet output stream for use later to send data to the client.
>>>>>
>>>>> >From the comet docs:
>>>>> EventType.END: End may be called to end the processing of the request.
>>>>> Fields that have been initialized in the begin method should be reset.
>>>>> After this event has been processed, the request and response objects,
>>>>> as well as all their dependent objects will be recycled and used to
>>>>> process other requests. End will also be called when data is available
>>>>> and the end of file is reached on the request input (this usually
>>>>> indicates the client has pipelined a request).
>>>>>
>>>>> This seems to indicate that even if I could get the END event to go
>>>>> away quietly, the comet event's output stream might no longer be
>>>>> usable anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to me I have 3 options:
>>>>> 1) figure out how to make the comet END event stop repeating and hope
>>>>> it's output stream still works
>>>>> 2) figure out how to keep HttpURLConnection from sending 0crlf (don't
>>>>> know if that can be done)
>>>>> 2) use sockets with ProxySelector (which requires signing my applet
>>>>> and getting users to grant it privileges)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org
>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org
>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org
>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org
>>
>>
>>     
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org
>
>
>
>   


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org