[jdev] Re: JEP-0124: multiple HTTP connections

[Alexander Gnauck]

Stefan Strigler schrieb:

>> JEP-0124 requires a connection manager to handle multiple simultaneous
>> HTTP connections from the same client. I can't recall the rationale for
>> this design decision, but I've received feedback off-list that it makes
>> the connection manager fairly complex to code (and more complex than it
>> needs to be unless there is some compelling reason to support multiple
>> connections). Have any implementors run into issues with this?
> 
> More or less that's what makes http binding different from those polling
> stuff. While one connection is waiting for data the client is still able
> to send data by creating a new connection.

i think you mean while the connection is actually receiving data. If you 
have something to send, you can send it with polling immediately. You 
don't have to wait for the next poll interval.

Alex