On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 11:39 +0100, hakan.jacobsson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using HttpClient 3.1 to connect to a server. > I've set both the connection timeout and the socket timeout. > I set the connection timeout in the HttpConnectionManager (later set > in HttpClient) like this: > > ------------ > > MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager cm = new > MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager(); > //connection timeout - same value as for socket timeout > (set in > the PostMethod - see below)) > > cm.getParams().setConnectionTimeout(Integer.parseInt(getProperty > (MADS_AD_TIMEOUT))); > //set HttpConnectionManager in HttpClient > madsClient.setHttpConnectionManager(cm); > > ------------ > > I set the sockettimeout in the PostMethod class like this: > > ------------ > //retry and socket timeout settings (result = an > instance of > PostMethod) > > result.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER, > new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(1, false)); > //socket timeout (connection timeout already set in > HttpClient) > > result.getParams().setSoTimeout(Integer.parseInt(getProperty > (MADS_AD_TIMEOUT))); > > ------------- > > At times (when the server we connect to is slow on response?) the > requests still wait for a much longer time than the timeout we use > (500 ms). > A SocketTimeout/ConnectionTimeout-exception is thrown, but this might > take a very long time (48 seconds is a recent example). We measure > the time in > our code. > > Any idea what might cause this problem? >
Timeouts work. Please see the description of the socket timeout (SO_TIMEOUT) for details as to what exactly this value represents. Oleg > /best regards, Håkan Jacobsson, System developer in Stockholm, Sweden. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
