HTTP Client Attributes

[Cantor, Scott]

> I'm at a stopping point so now is a good time to review, comment and/or
> edit. In particular, on the DynamicHTTPMetadataProvider page, there's this:
> "For optimal performance, configure a custom HTTP client that [performs
> HTTP conditional GET]." I don't know how to do that so perhaps someone
> else can pencil that in.

I don't think it's true. A simple fetch of a small bit of XML every so often doesn't really benefit from that much, and the code on top just does all the same work either way. The real work is parsing it, verifying a signature, and all that happens blindly. That's the cost of *not* being HTTP aware, which is the difference between the dynamic and aggregate plugins. The important settings are around timeouts.

-- Scott