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Java Servlet to poll Server
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marcincoles
MIS
Servlets only activate when their service methods are called by the web container. Do you want to a) just poll a unix server during a request, or b) continually to build up a profile?
a) in your service (post/get) method create a socket to the server in question, send it some data, and await a response (details depend on what protocol), or
b) create and start a thread that does what (a) does.
Be aware that your polling code should have a short time out because the browser will probably time out after 30 sec or so.
Marcin.
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a) in your service (post/get) method create a socket to the server in question, send it some data, and await a response (details depend on what protocol), or
b) create and start a thread that does what (a) does.
Be aware that your polling code should have a short time out because the browser will probably time out after 30 sec or so.
Marcin.
Light on the fizz so you can slap him down fast.
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