MG>brief comment > > I would argue that, architecturally, this kind of work doesn't belong in > the "request processing" portion of the application. I generally do this > kind of thing with cron jobs. Otherwise, you can have HTTP requests > kicking-off lots of long-running processes. That may be possible in > Java, but I'm not sure it's always advisable. MG>agreed offloading subordinate tasks is a always a good idea > > On the other hand, a background thread (in the same JVM) that serially > processes some jobs scheduled by request processors (say, like sending > an email message) is often a good idea. Just as long as you don't run > "new Thread().start()" during request handling, which is a bit scary.
MG>whats the concern ..not identifying ThreadGroup?..checkAccess() error? MG>thread already started? > > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAknI+3sACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PD+nwCgsCnQrQmKxAZQEN3wVap5Knxz > zr0AoLKsUjDYMvCWQMxRb2Pe8ib/r88L > =O3Ls > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009
