Hi, I am working with Restlet 2.1.2 on Linux (RHEL 6 on x86_64). java -version reports:
java version "1.6.0_24" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.3) (rhel-1.48.1.11.3.el6_2-x86_64) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode) I have a thread which executes a POST every few seconds. Every now and then (happens irregularly, perhaps varying from a few minutes to an hour) I get UnknownHostException for a while (varies, perhaps about a minute) and then POST succeeds for some time after that. The UnknownHostException is puzzling because the host name is always the same, and if I try resolving the name another way (namely, using the "host" program on the command line) then the host name is resolved. I've appended a typical stack trace below. Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this question. best Robert Dodier PS. An error occurred during the communication with the remote HTTP server. java.net.UnknownHostException: innovmdmtest.cloudapp.net at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method) at java.net.InetAddress$1.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:867) at java.net.InetAddress.getAddressFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1246) at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1197) at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1128) at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1064) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.resolveHostname(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:242) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:130) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:149) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:121) at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:561) at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:415) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:820) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:754) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:732) at org.restlet.ext.httpclient.internal.HttpMethodCall.sendRequest(HttpMethodCall.java:336) at org.restlet.engine.adapter.ClientAdapter.commit(ClientAdapter.java:114) at org.restlet.engine.adapter.HttpClientHelper.handle(HttpClientHelper.java:112) at org.restlet.Client.handle(Client.java:180) at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:159) at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:206) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.handle(ClientResource.java:1136) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.handleOutbound(ClientResource.java:1225) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.handle(ClientResource.java:1025) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.post(ClientResource.java:1418) at foo.bar.RelayToRestServer.postToRestServer(RelayToRestServer.java:183) at foo.bar.RelayToRestServer.relay(RelayToRestServer.java:114) at foo.bar.RelayToRestServer.recalculate(RelayToRestServer.java:101) at foo.bar.MyTimerTask.run(MyTimerTask.java:126) at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:534) at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:484) Communication Error (1001) - The connector failed to complete the communication with the server at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.doError(ClientResource.java:612) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.handleInbound(ClientResource.java:1202) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.handle(ClientResource.java:1026) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.post(ClientResource.java:1418) at foo.bar.RelayToRestServer.postToRestServer(RelayToRestServer.java:183) at foo.bar.RelayToRestServer.relay(RelayToRestServer.java:114) at foo.bar.RelayToRestServer.recalculate(RelayToRestServer.java:101) at foo.bar.MyTimerTask.run(MyTimerTask.java:126) at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:534) at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:484) Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: innovmdmtest.cloudapp.net at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method) at java.net.InetAddress$1.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:867) at java.net.InetAddress.getAddressFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1246) at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1197) at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1128) at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1064) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.resolveHostname(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:242) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:130) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:149) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:121) at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:561) at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:415) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:820) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:754) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:732) at org.restlet.ext.httpclient.internal.HttpMethodCall.sendRequest(HttpMethodCall.java:336) at org.restlet.engine.adapter.ClientAdapter.commit(ClientAdapter.java:114) at org.restlet.engine.adapter.HttpClientHelper.handle(HttpClientHelper.java:112) at org.restlet.Client.handle(Client.java:180) at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:159) at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:206) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.handle(ClientResource.java:1136) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.handleOutbound(ClientResource.java:1225) at org.restlet.resource.ClientResource.handle(ClientResource.java:1025) ... 7 more ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=3065203