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On 10/01/13 07:11, Roedy Green wrote:
> Is there some limit in Java on how many HTTP GET probes you can have
> going at once on different threads?  How many waits you can have for a
> response from some website out on the web?
>
> If so, what happens when you go over the limit?  Do you just wait to
> do your send or do you abort?  Can you configure this limit?  What is
> it called?

<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/net/http-keepalive.html>

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