JDK-6804925 : JNLPCachedJarURLConnection.getContentLength() may cause unneeded network requests for cached jars
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: deployment_toolkit
  • Affected Version: 6
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2009-02-12
  • Updated: 2010-09-26
  • Resolved: 2009-05-13
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JDK-6797730 - Umbrella: Applet startup performance improvements
Description
If getContentLength() is the first call after construction of JNLPCachedJarURLConnection object then it will result delegate work to parent and this means network request will be performed even for cached jar file!

Obviously this have huge impact on performance as network requests are expensive.

It appears that FX applications may do this and this make this even more important.
Using SimpleVideoPlayer demo it happens 11 (!) times.
Comments
EVALUATION Follow logic implemented in the plugin's jar connection handler.
18-02-2009
WORK AROUND Call connect() of getContentType() before calling getContentLength().
12-02-2009
EVALUATION Make sure connect() was called before delegating work to parent object.
12-02-2009