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JVM bug 4949631 causes BufferOverflowException in HttpMethodBase.getResponseBodyAsString
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JVM bug 4949631 causes BufferOverflowException in HttpMethodBase.getResponseBodyAsString
------- Additional Comments From ortwin.glueck@nose.ch 2004-09-15 15:41 -------
We strongly discourage users to use getResponseBodyAsString if the content is
large. getResponseBodyAsString imposes buffering and copying the data in the VM
which can easily exhaust the memory available to the VM. HttpClients should
avoid buffering the response by using getResponseBodyAsStream().
Maybe we can log a warning message, if the content length is unknown or larger
than some megs and the user calls getResponseBodyAsString or getResponseBody.
The drawbacks of calling those methods and why to alternatives should be
documented in the API.
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