multiple http-outbound gateway to download files

[yarix]

hi

i have a question about multiple http outbound connection.
in my use case i need to download files via http, i'm using this:

<int:channel id="fileList"></int:channel>
<int-http:outbound-gateway id="httpOutboundGateway"         
        url="{outboundGatewayUrl}" request-channel="fileList"
        reply-channel="channel13" http-method="GET"
        expected-response-type="byte[]" charset="UTF-8">
        <int-http:uri-variable name="outboundGatewayUrl" expression="payload" />
</int-http:outbound-gateway>
<int:channel id="channel13"></int:channel>
<int-file:outbound-channel-adapter id="dwonloadChannel" channel="channel13"
        directory-expression="'${fileToProcess.dir}'" 
        filename-generator-expression="'file-'.concat(headers['jms_timestamp']).concat('.ready')"
        auto-create-directory="true" /> 

this works fine (but if you have better option, i'd be happy to know )
Note-the fileList is populated with msg' by a splitter, which may produce 10-60 links at once.
My question is about, making this a multi-threaded process. meaning that i want to download ~5 files simultaneously.
will it be enough to change the channel Q

<int:channel id="fileList"> <int:queue capacity="5"/></int:channel> 

and this?

<int:channel id="channel13"> <int:queue capacity="5"/></int:channel> 

or do i need to use custom task-execution (an example would be very helpful)?

thanks!

[Gary Russell]

It's probably better to use an ExecutorChannel to control the concurrency.

http://static.springsource.org/sprin...ecutor-channel

http://static.springsource.org/sprin...xecutorchannel

You also might want to consider using (s)ftp instead of http, to avoid having to store the downloaded file in memory.

If you have to use HTTP, you might want to open an improvement JIRA issue to allow the content to be written directly to disk...

https://jira.springsource.org/browse/INT

... or, even better - implement the feature and submit a pull request...

https://github.com/SpringSource/spri...ONTRIBUTING.md