How to use HTTPClientSession::receiveResponse without blocking?

[francisr]

Hi all,

I have a GUI application that makes a connection with a server. I want to avoid that my GUI freezes when waiting for a response for the server. I had the idea of using istream::readsome in combination with a Timer (read a little on each timer event until complete) but since I am not really familiar with IO coding I suspect there may be superior ways.

I would appreciate to learn your insights on this :)

Kind regards,
Francis

[alex]

> I have a GUI application that makes a connection with a server. I want to avoid that my GUI freezes when waiting for a response for the server. I had the idea of using istream::readsome in combination with a Timer (read a little on each timer event until complete) but since I am not really familiar with IO coding I suspect there may be superior ways.
>
> I would appreciate to learn your insights on this :)

Francis,

I'd put client session in a separate Thread and use NotificationQueue or delegates. To learn how to run HTTP client in a separate thread, look into Net HTTPLoadTest sample. There is Foundation sample for NotificationQueue in Foundation and for delegates, look up Ping sample in Net.

HTH

Alex

[francisr]

Just a quick question, would Poco::ActiveMethod also be suitable for this? ActiveResult method wait() would make a new thread for executing the code. Would this work?

Regards,

Francis

[alex]

> Just a quick question, would Poco::ActiveMethod also be suitable for this? ActiveResult method wait() would make a new thread for executing the code. Would this work?

It should. ActiveMethod (a.k.a. "future") is nothing but a fancy thread.

Alex