Eventmachine talk - Oct 2007 - Java EM question

This is probably a question for Francis.  We have client app that
needs to send async http requests to a backend service.  Right now I''m
using threads, but I''m wondering if the java em reactor would work
well for this.   We are building a large rails app and are using both
jruby and cruby.  In cruby I''m using swiftiply which gives me access
to the em reactor for making async http calls.  It makes sense to use
the same mechanism in jruby if possible.   My main concern is the
future of the java em reactor and if it will still be around a year
from now.  I''m guessing yes since I see a lot of work has already been
put into it.   Is anyone else using it anywhere?

Chris

On 10/30/07, snacktime <snacktime at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> This is probably a question for Francis.  We have client app that
> needs to send async http requests to a backend service.  Right now
I''m
> using threads, but I''m wondering if the java em reactor would work
> well for this.   We are building a large rails app and are using both
> jruby and cruby.  In cruby I''m using swiftiply which gives me
access
> to the em reactor for making async http calls.  It makes sense to use
> the same mechanism in jruby if possible.   My main concern is the
> future of the java em reactor and if it will still be around a year
> from now.  I''m guessing yes since I see a lot of work has already
been
> put into it.   Is anyone else using it anywhere?


The Java EM reactor will be supported indefinitely. Not many people are
using it at the moment but I expect that to change as JRuby gets more widely
used. The EM roadmap calls for a 0.10.0 release that will be the first
production version of the Java reactor.

The Java EM reactor is fully factored away from Ruby. As far as I''ve
been
able to tell, there''s not anything like EM in the Java world.
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eventmachine-talk-bounces at rubyforge.org wrote on 30/10/2007 18:50:07:
> The Java EM reactor is fully factored away from Ruby. As far as
I''ve
> been able to tell, there''s not anything like EM in the Java world.
What about Apache MINA?

mina.apache.org



Alex.