FYI since I posted this to the wrong list you might be interested in this
answer. It does call into question whether using threads is really going to
be a problem or whether user-created threads will be allowed. It does seem
silly to say we can't use threads since all background processing requires
it, and nothing but the most trivial of web sites would have no background
processing needs.
Nic, how does this jive with your statement that the specs don't say
anything like this? Are we misunderstanding what is implied here?
Thanks,
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Funk" <funkman@joedog.org>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: Threaded servlets okay in a compliant container?
> Also ... (From 2.3 spec)
>
> In SRV.1.2 What is a Servlet Container?
> ... "For example, high-end application servers may limit the creation of a
> Thread object, to insure that other components of the container are not
> negatively impacted."
>
> SRV.9.11 Web Application Environment
> ... "Such servlet containers should support this behavior when performed
on
> threads created by the developer, but are not currently required to do so.
> Such a requirement will be added in the next version of this
specification.
> Developers are cautioned that depending on this capability for
> application-created threads is nonportable."
>
> -Tim