On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, David Graham wrote: > Is Commons a place for web applications? I've always thought it was for > small components to be used in web apps.
I agree that this doesn't "feel" right. Interestingly, our charter doesn't appear to preclude this kind of thing, and there is precedent, albeit comatose, in the sandbox 'filters' and 'servlet' components. However, my own feeling is that Commons should focus on components of the 'library' kind, rather than the 'tool' kind, as was the original intent (at least as I understand it). This, of course, begs the question of where handy little servlets and filters should go. I don't have a good answer for that, but wherever it is, it would seem reasonable to me to have Yoav's webapp, the sandbox 'filters' and 'servlet' components, and perhaps more comprehensive versions of some of the sample Tomcat filters, all land up in the same place. -- Martin Cooper > > David > > --- "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I've written a tiny webapp to function as a load balancer. It is a > > rules-based balancer, rather than round-robyn or another policy. Rules > > can be simple URL string matches, or more complex business-data rules. > > They are expressed in a trivial XML format. The way I've been using it > > is setting up a cluster of tomcat servers with some webapps, and another > > tomcat with this load balancer webapp in front which users access. The > > load balancer (essentially a servlet Filter mapped to /*) directs > > requests according to its rules, first matching rule decides the > > request, and there's a default rule for handling all requests that > > aren't met otherwise. > > > > I know there are a number of free (Balance), commercial (many), hardware > > and other load balancers out there. I also know that some people think > > java is too slow to be used as a load balancer, but I've found the above > > setup adequate for small and medium load sites. > > > > Do people think this is useful enough to make a commons-sandbox > > component out of it? > > > > Yoav Shapira > > Millennium ChemInformatics > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business > > communication, and may contain information that is confidential, > > proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the > > individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, > > printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) > > intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your > > computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
