Using PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager in EJB container

Question

• We want to use HttpClient inside EJB container of Glassfish 3.1 Open source edition.
• In HttpClient documentation we see the following line regarding BasicHttpClientConnectionManager: "This connection manager implementation should be used inside an EJB container".
• There is no such line in PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager documentation.
• Can we use PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager in EJB container?
• If not - can you explain why?

Answer 1

You can but explicit thread management when running inside an EJB container is prohibited by the EJB 3.1 spec, which effectively renders PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager's pooling capabilities almost useless.