I am having trouble getting my client to timeout with a non-responsive host. I
should say up front that I am doing authentication discovery to setup valid
auth credentials for hosts that I am managing.
The other big deal is that I am using https and the hosts have self-signed
certificates. The reason I mention this it that I had to use a sample for
custom protocol handler. This has been deprecated but works nicely:
Protocol myhttps = new Protocol("https", (SecureProtocolSocketFactory) new
EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory(), 443);
Here is my code:
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(I am importing apache.commons.httpclient version 3.1)
HttpClient CTMclient = new HttpClient();
Protocol myhttps = new Protocol("https", (SecureProtocolSocketFactory) new
EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory(), 443);
Protocol.registerProtocol("https", myhttps);
CTMclient.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true);
CTMclient.getState().setCredentials(new AuthScope(AuthScope.ANY_HOST, 443,
AuthScope.ANY_REALM), defaultcreds);
CTMclient.setConnectionTimeout(15000); **** Note I am setting the timeout.
GetMethod methodget = new
GetMethod("https://"+CTMurl+"/cgi-bin?tbAction=TB_CONFIG_CALL_STATISTICS";);
try {
statusCode = CTMclient.executeMethod(methodget);
.....................
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This works beautifully so long as the host is responsive. I am able to handle
the unsigned certificate transparently and successfully authenticate. The only
problem is that with non-responsive hosts, it never times out. I saw some code
snippets setting the timeout using httpparms, but I then have to switch to
BasicHttpClient and away from httpcommons libraries. I was not able to get the
authentication to work.
Does anyone have a way to set the timeout other than the above?.. or a pointer
to working code examples that include authentication and the use of custom
protocol for the self-signed cert?
Ray
