adam bien's blog

snail is apache-licensed library ...which artificially slows down your JAX-RS 2.X endpoints.

Snail makes it easy to test your bulkheads and circuit breaker configurations.

Installation:

 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.airhacks</groupId>
     <artifactId>snail</artifactId>
     <version>[RECENT_VERSION]</version>
 </dependency>

Configuration:

1. Set property with: snail-slowdown-in-ms=[DELAY IN MS].
2. Override the system property with an equally-named header.

See also: github.com/AdamBien/snail

Java EE is too fast -- so we need snail :-)