The following example demonstrates how to use a standard custom advisor.
This advisor operates in normal mode, so the load measurement is based on the elapsed time in milliseconds required to perform the socket open, send, receive, and close operations.
package CustomAdvisors; import com.ibm.internet.lb.advisors.*; public class ADV_sample extends ADV_Base implements ADV_MethodInterface { static final String ADV_NAME ="Sample"; static final int ADV_DEF_ADV_ON_PORT = 80; static final int ADV_DEF_INTERVAL = 7; static final String ADV_SEND_REQUEST = "HEAD / HTTP/1.0\r\nAccept: */*\r\nUser-Agent: " + "IBM_Load_Balancer_HTTP_Advisor\r\n\r\n"; //-------- // Constructor public ADV_sample() { super(ADV_NAME, "3.0.0.0-03.31.00", ADV_DEF_ADV_ON_PORT, ADV_DEF_INTERVAL, "", false); super.setAdvisor( this ); } //-------- // ADV_AdvisorInitialize public void ADV_AdvisorInitialize() { return; // usually an empty routine } //-------- // getLoad public int getLoad(int iConnectTime, ADV_Thread caller) { int iRc; int iLoad = ADV_HOST_INACCESSIBLE; // initialize to inaccessible iRc = caller.send(ADV_SEND_REQUEST); // send the HTTP request to // the server if (0 <= iRc) { // if the send is successful StringBuffer sbReceiveData = new StringBuffer(""); // allocate a buffer // for the response iRc = caller.receive(sbReceiveData); // receive the result // parse the result here if you need to if (0 <= iRc) { // if the receive is successful iLoad = 0; // return 0 for success } // (advisor's load value is ignored by } // base in normal mode) return iLoad; } }