URL.openStream() timeout value?

[Tom Forsmo]

Does anybody know if its possible to set a timeout value when using URL
to read a simple http request?

I know URL uses the URLStreamHandler class to represents the different
protocols, such as HTTP, that URL uses to perform the particular
protocol operations, but I can not figure out if there is a way to set a
timeout on the operation. I am not sure if there is an actual way in
HTTP to set a timeout, but in that case its just as easy for URL to just
close the connection if no reply has been received in X seconds.

Any hints?

tom

 

[Knute Johnson]

Does anybody know if its possible to set a timeout value when using URL
to read a simple http request?

I know URL uses the URLStreamHandler class to represents the different
protocols, such as HTTP, that URL uses to perform the particular
protocol operations, but I can not figure out if there is a way to set a
timeout on the operation. I am not sure if there is an actual way in
HTTP to set a timeout, but in that case its just as easy for URL to just
close the connection if no reply has been received in X seconds.

Any hints?

tom

JDK 1.5 has a setTimeout method for URLConnection. I think this is the
best you are going to get. You probably don't need a timeout on the
getInput/OutputSream as you will have already connected or timed out as
the case may be.