> how to start multiple threads of a single instance of a tomcat > where each thread runs a different application.is it possible > with tomcat if so how
This can be done in the normal way. Your servlet can start separate threads, each of which runs somewhat independently. However, there is a problem with this if you are intending to run a thread in the background while returning information to the client in the primary thread. When I tried to do that on older versions of Tomcat (4.x), all output to the user was suspended until _all_ of the threads completed. So you can't use this technique to run a batch job on behalf of the user. In fact, running a long batch job will time out the webserver and abort the job. What I did to overcome that was to spawn a new Java virtual machine that ran apart from Tomcat. To do this, I used an open source routine by Marty Hall. You can exec "java classname" or exec a shell script or batch file that starts the JVM. See: http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/Exec.html Alan Alan Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
