OK...so do you think I need to use this class to explicitly to consume the response? I can see some methods on there for this.
Also - I think the call to PostMethod.releaseConnection() will still close it - do you have any idea if this should / should not be used? Thanks, On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net> wrote: > It looks like the HttpResponseProxy will be responsible for releasing the > connection once the entity is consumed. Most likely by wrapping and > tracking the input stream. > > > > > Gruss > Bernd > -- > http://bernd.eckenfels.net > From Win 10 Mobile > > > > *Von: *Tim Webster <tim.webs...@gmail.com> > *Gesendet: *Freitag, 8. April 2016 11:42 > *An: *httpclient-users@hc.apache.org > *Betreff: *releasing streamed connections back to connection pool > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using Spring's HttpComponentsHttpInvokerRequestExecutor in my > > application, configured with a PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager. > > > > It all works fine, except that when a request is executed, the HTTP > > connection that was used is closed after every request. This is a result > > of Spring calling HttpPost.releaseConnection(). > > > > Ideally the connections would not be closed, but just released back to the > > connection pool. This is especially important for HTTPS connections and > > the overhead of handshakes. > > > > My problem is, when httpPost.releaseConnection() is called, instead of just > > releasing the connection back to the pool, it closes it. If you dig into > > the code you can see it ends up calling ConnectionHolder.cancel(), where > > ideally it would be calling ConnectionHolder.releaseConnection(). > > > > I thought I could override the Spring code to NOT call > > HttpPost.releaseConnection(), figuring the connection manager would take > > care of releasing the connection itself, which it does, but not in my case > > because it is a streaming request (these are HTTP posts with input stream): > > > > From MainClientExec.java: > > > > > > // check for entity, release connection if possible > > final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity(); > > if (entity == null || !entity.isStreaming()) { > > // connection not needed and (assumed to be) in re-usable > > state > > connHolder.releaseConnection(); > > return new HttpResponseProxy(response, null); > > } else { > > return new HttpResponseProxy(response, connHolder); > > } > > > > So - I don't see a way with the API the way it is to do what I require, > > which is release the connection (without closing it) after consuming the > > response. > > > > I'm happy to provide more details/context if anyone can help.... > > > > thanks, > > >
