On 8/13/2012 3:49 PM, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen wrote:
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> On Aug 13, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Bill Burke wrote:
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>> On 8/13/2012 10:28 AM, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen wrote:
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>>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Bill Burke wrote:
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>>>>>> Can't you see it is the *SAME EXACT THING* and that there is nothing
>>>>>> gained here? So instead of configuring and managing just one
>>>>>> thread pool, you want users to managed and configure 2 thread pools?
>>>>>> Just doesn't make sense...just add more threads to your servlet
>>>>>> container's thread pool if CPU is not utilized and you have waiting
>>>>>> HTTP requests.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is and it isn't. Theoretically, yes, practically, no. There are
>>>>> many other containers that are running and it's just impractical to
>>>>> let one run over and take all the threads in the system. Once you
>>>>> partition your system resources (for EJB, JMS, etc) you want to use
>>>>> the threads for the specific task for which they were allocated. The
>>>>> problem of configuring multiple thread pools is already present in
>>>>> any EE installation.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've run this by numerous people within Red Hat on our web, remoting,
>>>> messaging, and app server teams. Everybody is unanimous that this is
>>>> not a useful feature and in fact almost an anti-pattern. You may
>>>> think you are solving a problem here, but all you are really doing
>>>> with @ManagedAsync is shuffling request processing from one thread
>>>> pool, to another.
>>>
>>> I understand, it's a difference of opinion and experience I guess.
>>> IMO, JAX-RS is one of many web technologies and as such should not
>>> dictate how the web container manages its threads (or how big the thread
>>> pool is, etc.).
>>>
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>> JAX-RS does not place any restrictions on how the web container manages it threads.
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> Hmmm? I thought you agreed before that you may have to tune the web container thread pool for JAX-RS async in your proposal ... It's really not worth pursing this discussion any further, if it's just the two of us.
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I'm saying that the web container or JAX-RS runtime can manage threads
however it likes. Not having @ManagedAsync does not restrict this.
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>>> Would you agree to make this feature optional in JAX-RS?
>>>
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>> No. I just haven't heard any argument yet that it solves any problem. Except for you and Marek, I haven't talked to one person that agrees its a good idea.
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> OK. Let's hope others can contribute to the discussion.
>
Yeah, I don't know what else to say to convince you this is a bad feature.
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