On 03/01/2011 14:48, sol myr wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We're implementing a CometServlet on top of Tomcat NIO connector, using "long 
> polling".
> Currently we're using the approach recommended by most tutorials: the client 
> opens a connection and waits for a message (for a configured timeout); if 
> such a message arrives, the client consumes it (e.g. presents it on screen), 
> then *closes* the http connection, and opens a new connection (to wait for 
> the next message).
> 
> Unfortunately, we have a network performance problem with opening and closing 
> connections (our 3rd party proxy is good at keeping connections alive, but is 
> slow in negotiating new connections).
> 
> So we'd like to keep the HTTP connection alive, and pass multiple messages on 
> the same connection. We were hoping to tell the messages apart based on 
> multipart format, or some other separator, or content length.
> 
> Could anyone please tell whether that's supported on the TomcatServlet side? 
> If so, could you please refer me to the appropriate documentation?
> In particular, is there some flag (on Tomcat or CometServlet) telling it to 
> "support multipart"?

That is going to require some custom coding on your part.

Mark

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