Configurable isAlive path

src/com/exalead/io/failover/FailoverHttpClient.java

@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ public void setConnectionAcquireFailTimeout(long timeout) {
         manager.failTimeout = timeout;
     }
 
+    /** 
+     * Set the path on which the "isAlive" service is mounted.
+     * isAlive must reply < 400 if host is alive, > 500 if host is down
+     */
+    public void setIsAlivePath(String isAlivePath) {
+        manager.isAlivePath = isAlivePath;
+    }
+
 //    /** Maximum time to wait for a connection to become available
 //     * (if all hosts are not down and max number of connections
 //     * is exceeded)

src/com/exalead/io/failover/MonitoredHttpConnectionManager.java

@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ public HostConfiguration getHostToUse() throws IOException {
     int applicativeTimeout = 5000;
     int failMaxTries = 2;
     long failTimeout = 200;
+    String isAlivePath = "isAlive";
 
     /* *************************** isAlive monitoring ************************* */
 
@@ -206,8 +207,8 @@ public void setParams(HttpConnectionManagerParams params) {
     boolean checkConnection(MonitoredConnection connection) throws IOException {
         /* TODO: HANDLE really state (for the case where isAlive is password-protected) */
         HttpState hs = new HttpState();
-        GetMethod gm = new GetMethod(connection.host.getURI() + "/isAlive");
-
+        GetMethod gm = new GetMethod(connection.host.getURI() + "/" + isAlivePath);
+        
         gm.getParams().setDefaults(new HttpClientParams());
 
         connection.conn.setSocketTimeout(isAliveTimeout);