J2ME Network Problems, Network Lockup after 13+ GETs

B

Bill Volk

We have done a series of tests and have determined a failure mode in
the J2ME HTTP network functionality:

Nokia 3650
Firmware: V 2.54, 2-3-2003
Network: AT&T

Using the published code from the networking example at:

http://wireless.java.sun.com/midp/articles/network/

(Example 3)

Repeating the connection in a loop we see the following replicable
behavior:

1. Network requests work fine till around the 13th interaction.

2. This request tends to throw an exception. (i.e. unexpected
end-of-stream encountered)

3. We believe this exception is caused by a network timeout based on
our other tests.

4. The 14th request is then successful but the 15th request also times
out.

5. At this point we appear to have lost the ability to do any net
connection as our 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th requests all throw
exceptions.

Code Follows:

package thirdexample;

import java.io.*;
import javax.microedition.io.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;

/**
* An example MIDlet to invoke a CGI script.
*/

public class ThirdExample extends MIDlet
{
private Display display;
String url = "http://developer.java.sun.com/cgibin/getgrade.cgi?name=182016";
private Form fForm;

public ThirdExample()
{
display = Display.getDisplay(this);
}
/**
* Initialization. Invoked the MIDlet is activated.
*/
public void startApp()
{
fForm = new Form("Test");
display.setCurrent(fForm);
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
{
fForm.append("try #" + (i + 1) + ": ");
try
{
long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
getGrade(url);
long time2 = System.currentTimeMillis();

fForm.append("(" + (time2 - time1) + " millis)\n");
}
catch (IOException e)
{
fForm.append(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
/**
* Pause, discontinue ....
*/
public void pauseApp() { }
/**
* Destroy must cleanup everything.
*/
public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) { }
/**
* Retrieve a grade....
*/
void getGrade(String url) throws IOException
{
HttpConnection c = null;
InputStream is = null;
OutputStream os = null;
StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
TextBox t = null;

try
{
c = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url);
c.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.GET);
c.setRequestProperty("IF-Modified-Since",
"10 Nov 2000 17:29:12 GMT");
c.setRequestProperty("User-Agent",
"Profile/MIDP-1.0
Confirguration/CLDC-1.0");
c.setRequestProperty("Content-Language",
"en-CA");
os = c.openOutputStream();

/**
String str = "?idnum=182016";
byte postmsg[] = str.getBytes();
for(int i=0;i<postmsg.length;i++) {
os.writeByte(postmsg);
}
os.flush();
*/

is = c.openDataInputStream();
int ch;
while ((ch = is.read()) != -1)
{
b.append((char) ch);
}
//t = new TextBox("Final Grades", b.toString(), 1024, 0);
fForm.append(b.toString());
}
finally
{
if (is != null)
{
is.close();
}
if (os != null)
{
os.close();
}
if (c != null)
{
c.close();
}
}
//display.setCurrent(t);
}
}

This code has been successfully tested in the emulator.

Bill Volk
Teknik Digital Arts
 
B

Bill Volk

Note: Have verified this with a commerical application ... WebViewer.

Bill


We have done a series of tests and have determined a failure mode in
the J2ME HTTP network functionality:

Nokia 3650
Firmware: V 2.54, 2-3-2003
Network: AT&T

Using the published code from the networking example at:

http://wireless.java.sun.com/midp/articles/network/

(Example 3)

Repeating the connection in a loop we see the following replicable
behavior:

1. Network requests work fine till around the 13th interaction.

2. This request tends to throw an exception. (i.e. unexpected
end-of-stream encountered)

3. We believe this exception is caused by a network timeout based on
our other tests.

4. The 14th request is then successful but the 15th request also times
out.

5. At this point we appear to have lost the ability to do any net
connection as our 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th requests all throw
exceptions.

Code Follows:

package thirdexample;

import java.io.*;
import javax.microedition.io.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;

/**
* An example MIDlet to invoke a CGI script.
*/

public class ThirdExample extends MIDlet
{
private Display display;
String url = "http://developer.java.sun.com/cgibin/getgrade.cgi?name=182016";
private Form fForm;

public ThirdExample()
{
display = Display.getDisplay(this);
}
/**
* Initialization. Invoked the MIDlet is activated.
*/
public void startApp()
{
fForm = new Form("Test");
display.setCurrent(fForm);
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
{
fForm.append("try #" + (i + 1) + ": ");
try
{
long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
getGrade(url);
long time2 = System.currentTimeMillis();

fForm.append("(" + (time2 - time1) + " millis)\n");
}
catch (IOException e)
{
fForm.append(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
/**
* Pause, discontinue ....
*/
public void pauseApp() { }
/**
* Destroy must cleanup everything.
*/
public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) { }
/**
* Retrieve a grade....
*/
void getGrade(String url) throws IOException
{
HttpConnection c = null;
InputStream is = null;
OutputStream os = null;
StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
TextBox t = null;

try
{
c = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url);
c.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.GET);
c.setRequestProperty("IF-Modified-Since",
"10 Nov 2000 17:29:12 GMT");
c.setRequestProperty("User-Agent",
"Profile/MIDP-1.0
Confirguration/CLDC-1.0");
c.setRequestProperty("Content-Language",
"en-CA");
os = c.openOutputStream();

/**
String str = "?idnum=182016";
byte postmsg[] = str.getBytes();
for(int i=0;i<postmsg.length;i++) {
os.writeByte(postmsg);
}
os.flush();
*/

is = c.openDataInputStream();
int ch;
while ((ch = is.read()) != -1)
{
b.append((char) ch);
}
//t = new TextBox("Final Grades", b.toString(), 1024, 0);
fForm.append(b.toString());
}
finally
{
if (is != null)
{
is.close();
}
if (os != null)
{
os.close();
}
if (c != null)
{
c.close();
}
}
//display.setCurrent(t);
}
}

This code has been successfully tested in the emulator.

Bill Volk
Teknik Digital Arts
 

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