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raghul
raghul

Reputation: 1048

Manually time out a httpurlconnection in java

i have tried to timeout httpurlconnection in the following manner

URL urlConnect = new URL(url.toString());
HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false);
HttpURLConnection urlc = (HttpURLConnection) urlConnect.openConnection();
urlc.setConnectTimeout(1000*5);
urlc.setReadTimeout(1000*5);
urlc.connect();

but failed to connect, its taking the timeout assigned by apache tomcat of 2 minutes to timeout instead of 5 seconds gthat i have provided, in such cases how can in manually timeout the httpurlconnection

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7772

Answers (1)

gerrytan
gerrytan

Reputation: 41123

Following is what Java manual say for both connectTimeout and readTimeout:

connectTimeout

Sets a specified timeout value, in milliseconds, to be used when opening a communications link to the resource referenced by this URLConnection. If the timeout expires before the connection can be established, a java.net.SocketTimeoutException is raised. A timeout of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout.

readTimeout

Sets the read timeout to a specified timeout, in milliseconds. A non-zero value specifies the timeout when reading from Input stream when a connection is established to a resource. If the timeout expires before there is data available for read, a java.net.SocketTimeoutException is raised. A timeout of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout.

So I think in your case, you manage to establish communications link in less than 5 seconds, and you did not read any input stream. Hence the behavior is correct (wait until Apache times out)

Upvotes: 6

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