当需要向某特定URL地址发送HTTP请求并得到相应响应时，通常会用到HttpClient类。该类包含了众多有用的方法，可以满足绝大多数的需求。但是如果对其使用不当时，可能会出现意想不到的事情。
using(var client = new HttpClient())
对象所占用资源应该确保及时被释放掉，但是，对于网络连接而言，这是错误的。
原因有二，网络连接是需要耗费一定时间的，频繁开启与关闭连接，性能会受影响；再者，开启网络连接时会占用底层socket资源，但在HttpClient调用其本身的Dispose方法时，并不能立刻释放该资源，这意味着你的程序可能会因为耗尽连接资源而产生预期之外的异常。
所以比较好的解决方法是延长HttpClient对象的使用寿命，比如对其建一个静态的对象：
private static HttpClient Client = new HttpClient();
但从程序员的角度来看，这样的代码或许不够优雅。
所以在.NET Core 2.1中引入了新的HttpClientFactory类。
它的用法很简单，首先是对其进行IoC的注册：
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { services.AddHttpClient(); services.AddMvc(); }
然后通过IHttpClientFactory创建一个HttpClient对象，之后的操作如旧，但不需要担心其内部资源的释放：
public class LzzDemoController : Controller { IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory; public LzzDemoController(IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory) { _httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory; } public IActionResult Index() { var client = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient(); var result = client.GetStringAsync("http://myurl/"); return View(); } }
AddHttpClient的源码：
public static IServiceCollection AddHttpClient(this IServiceCollection services) { if (services == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services)); } services.AddLogging(); services.AddOptions(); // // Core abstractions // services.TryAddTransient<HttpMessageHandlerBuilder, DefaultHttpMessageHandlerBuilder>(); services.TryAddSingleton<IHttpClientFactory, DefaultHttpClientFactory>(); // // Typed Clients // services.TryAdd(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton(typeof(ITypedHttpClientFactory<>), typeof(DefaultTypedHttpClientFactory<>))); // // Misc infrastructure // services.TryAddEnumerable(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<IHttpMessageHandlerBuilderFilter, LoggingHttpMessageHandlerBuilderFilter>()); return services; }
它的内部为IHttpClientFactory接口绑定了DefaultHttpClientFactory类。
再看IHttpClientFactory接口中关键的CreateClient方法：
public HttpClient CreateClient(string name) { if (name == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name)); } var entry = _activeHandlers.GetOrAdd(name, _entryFactory).Value; var client = new HttpClient(entry.Handler, disposeHandler: false); StartHandlerEntryTimer(entry); var options = _optionsMonitor.Get(name); for (var i = 0; i < options.HttpClientActions.Count; i++) { options.HttpClientActions[i](client); } return client; }
HttpClient的创建不再是简单的new HttpClient()，而是传入了两个参数：HttpMessageHandler handler与bool disposeHandler。disposeHandler参数为false值时表示要重用内部的handler对象。handler参数则从上一句的代码可以看出是以name为键值从一字典中取出，又因为DefaultHttpClientFactory类是通过TryAddSingleton方法注册的，也就意味着其为单例，那么这个内部字典便是唯一的，每个键值对应的ActiveHandlerTrackingEntry对象也是唯一，该对象内部中包含着handler。
下一句代码StartHandlerEntryTimer(entry); 开启了ActiveHandlerTrackingEntry对象的过期计时处理。默认过期时间是2分钟。
internal void ExpiryTimer_Tick(object state) { var active = (ActiveHandlerTrackingEntry)state; // The timer callback should be the only one removing from the active collection. If we can't find // our entry in the collection, then this is a bug. var removed = _activeHandlers.TryRemove(active.Name, out var found); Debug.Assert(removed, "Entry not found. We should always be able to remove the entry"); Debug.Assert(object.ReferenceEquals(active, found.Value), "Different entry found. The entry should not have been replaced"); // At this point the handler is no longer 'active' and will not be handed out to any new clients. // However we haven't dropped our strong reference to the handler, so we can't yet determine if // there are still any other outstanding references (we know there is at least one). // // We use a different state object to track expired handlers. This allows any other thread that acquired // the 'active' entry to use it without safety problems. var expired = new ExpiredHandlerTrackingEntry(active); _expiredHandlers.Enqueue(expired); Log.HandlerExpired(_logger, active.Name, active.Lifetime); StartCleanupTimer(); }
先是将ActiveHandlerTrackingEntry对象传入新的ExpiredHandlerTrackingEntry对象。