On Mon, 2015-07-06 at 11:41 +0200, Simao Mata wrote: > Even if the execute calls are can be minutes or even hours apart? When I > call execute I don't know when the next call will be, can be milliseconds > or hours. Should I call close anyway? >
No, you should not. You can evict persistent connections from the connection pool though after a certain period of inactivity. Oleg > Thanks > > On 6 July 2015 at 10:51, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2015-07-06 at 10:03 +0200, Simao Mata wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > In the examples for the async hc version, I noticed the `close()` is > > always > > > called after using the `CloseableHttpAsyncClient` instance, inside a > > > `finally` block. > > > > > > I want to to reuse the `httpclient` instance, I always POST to the same > > > url, so I want hc to try reusing the connection each time I call > > > `.execute`. I am managing this http client instance inside an akka actor > > > and I have control over the instance, so I just want to call `close` when > > > the actor is restarted or stopped. > > > > > > What is the recommended way of handling this case? Just call `start` and > > > `close` everytime I call `execute`? > > > > No, it is not. > > > > > Or can I keep closing the connection > > > only once I am really done with the client instance? > > > > > > Simao > > > > You should only re-use the same instance of HttpAsncClient and close it > > once done executing requests. > > > > Oleg > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org
