wjc> I ran a series of tests where the response payload varied in 10 wjc> steps from just under 200 kbytes to just under 2 mbytes
wjc> The difference in collectible memory footprint is a bigger wjc> mystery, though. wjc> For example, at the 1 mbyte payload step, the difference is about wjc> 9 mbytes, whereas the expected difference would be only about 5 wjc> mbytes. Good news. The mystery actually turned out to be a blunder on my part. I measured the payload in characters (String.length()) when I had intended to count bytes. So, adjusting for that blunder, the expected worst case difference is 5x the payload size, and the observed difference is consistently about 4.5x. In other words, the memory footprint improvement meets expectations. Sorry for the noise. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (WJCarpenter) PGP 0x91865119 38 95 1B 69 C9 C6 3D 25 73 46 32 04 69 D6 ED F3