You're right about that - it is not for using over the web. Anyway, that's just an example. The main issue is to run the work of the tag in a thread without making the rest of the page wait.
-----Original Message----- From: David Cassidy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 12:15 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: multithreaded with taglibs Errr how will you allow people to access the file over the internet with a file:// protocol ? are you only running the app and the users browser on the same machine ? file://C:\My Documents\image.gif ? Can't see that working over the internet.... On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 13:56 +0200, Yair Ben-Meir wrote: > Thanks, but that's not good for me, I need the page to be with a real file > link (file://), not through a servlet. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 11:53 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: multithreaded with taglibs > > Yair Ben-Meir wrote: > > Let say that the tag will have to generate the image with a text given as > an > > attribute, and it takes "time" so I want the page to continue: > > > > <my:img src="file" text="first"/> > > > > . > > > > <my:img src="file" text="first"/> > > Why are you doing this with a tag, rather than sending the parameter to > a servlet that serves an image into it's output stream? > > You exploit the browsers own request handling capabilities this way. > > <img src="/img-app/generate?param1=some+text+here" alt="an image" /> > > > p > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Cassidy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 6:08 PM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: multithreaded with taglibs > > > > Hi > > > > What is your tag going to produce ? > > is it an <IMG SRC="....."> type tag ? > > > > or how are you allowing the browser to access the image ? > > > > Ta > > > > D > > > > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 14:57 +0200, Yair Ben-Meir wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> Is there a way to write a taglib that will do a multithreading work? > >> Meaning, that tomcatwill not wait till the first instance of the tag > >> will end, and continue to the rest of the page, and maybe start with > >> another instance, and than it will insert the result of each instance > >> in the right place? > >> > >> > >> > >> Example: > >> > >> <my:img name=""/> > >> > >> . > >> > >> <my:img name=""/> > >> > >> > >> > >> And let say that each my:img is supposed to download the image and > >> save it locally or something like that, and I don't want tomcat to > >> wait till the first tag is finished. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Yair Ben-Meir > >> > >> > >> > >> Office: 073-7997801 > >> > >> Fax: 073-7997800 > >> > >> Mob: 054-5769681 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]