How to timeout a read on Java Socket?
I'm trying to read items from a socket and I notice that if there is nothing on the stream of the socket it will stay at the read and back up my application. I wanted to know if there was a way to set a read timeout or terminate the connection after a certain amount of time of nothing in the socket.
java sockets timeout inputstream
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I'm trying to read items from a socket and I notice that if there is nothing on the stream of the socket it will stay at the read and back up my application. I wanted to know if there was a way to set a read timeout or terminate the connection after a certain amount of time of nothing in the socket.
java sockets timeout inputstream
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I'm trying to read items from a socket and I notice that if there is nothing on the stream of the socket it will stay at the read and back up my application. I wanted to know if there was a way to set a read timeout or terminate the connection after a certain amount of time of nothing in the socket.
java sockets timeout inputstream
edited Aug 25 '10 at 22:41
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asked Aug 25 '10 at 22:36
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I'm trying to read items from a socket and I notice that if there is nothing on the stream of the socket it will stay at the read and back up my application. I wanted to know if there was a way to set a read timeout or terminate the connection after a certain amount of time of nothing in the socket.
java sockets timeout inputstream
java sockets timeout inputstream
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If you write Java, learning to navigate the API documentation is helpful. In the case of a socket read, you can set the timeout option.
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If this socket was created through a URLConnection to perform a web request, you can set the read and connect timeouts directly on the URLConnection before reading the stream:
InputStream createInputStreamForUriString(String uriString) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
URLConnection in = new URL(uriString).openConnection();
in.setConnectTimeout(5000);
in.setReadTimeout(5000);
in.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
in.setDoInput(true);
in.setDoOutput(false);
return in.getInputStream();
}
answered Jan 26 '16 at 15:20
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setReadTimeoutwill only cause an exception, if the timeout elapses before the first data is received. After the first data is received, no timeout exception will occur even if the connection hangs infinitely.
– ooxi
Jan 25 '17 at 11:32
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@ooxi That is completely false. The read timeout applies to every read, not just the first one.
– user207421
Feb 24 '17 at 0:11
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Yes, there should be an override of Read() that accepts a timeout value. By 'override' I am not suggesting anyone write one, I am pointing out that one of the overrides of the socket methods he is using takes a timeout value.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:38
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
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And you don't read directly from a socket anyway, you get anInputStreamfrom the socket and then read from that. Do what @erikson says, usesetSoTimeout().
– krock
Aug 25 '10 at 22:49
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no there shouldn't. That would make theSocketInputStreamAPI different from other streams. There is already a way to do this that doesn't break theInputStreamsubstitutability.
– Stephen C
Aug 26 '10 at 0:44
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If you write Java, learning to navigate the API documentation is helpful. In the case of a socket read, you can set the timeout option.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:39
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If you write Java, learning to navigate the API documentation is helpful. In the case of a socket read, you can set the timeout option.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:39
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If you write Java, learning to navigate the API documentation is helpful. In the case of a socket read, you can set the timeout option.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:39
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If you write Java, learning to navigate the API documentation is helpful. In the case of a socket read, you can set the timeout option.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:39
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answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:39
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answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:39
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If this socket was created through a URLConnection to perform a web request, you can set the read and connect timeouts directly on the URLConnection before reading the stream:
InputStream createInputStreamForUriString(String uriString) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
URLConnection in = new URL(uriString).openConnection();
in.setConnectTimeout(5000);
in.setReadTimeout(5000);
in.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
in.setDoInput(true);
in.setDoOutput(false);
return in.getInputStream();
}
answered Jan 26 '16 at 15:20
Arie Z.Arie Z.
37936
setReadTimeoutwill only cause an exception, if the timeout elapses before the first data is received. After the first data is received, no timeout exception will occur even if the connection hangs infinitely.
– ooxi
Jan 25 '17 at 11:32
1
@ooxi That is completely false. The read timeout applies to every read, not just the first one.
– user207421
Feb 24 '17 at 0:11
add a comment |
If this socket was created through a URLConnection to perform a web request, you can set the read and connect timeouts directly on the URLConnection before reading the stream:
InputStream createInputStreamForUriString(String uriString) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
URLConnection in = new URL(uriString).openConnection();
in.setConnectTimeout(5000);
in.setReadTimeout(5000);
in.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
in.setDoInput(true);
in.setDoOutput(false);
return in.getInputStream();
}
answered Jan 26 '16 at 15:20
Arie Z.Arie Z.
37936
setReadTimeoutwill only cause an exception, if the timeout elapses before the first data is received. After the first data is received, no timeout exception will occur even if the connection hangs infinitely.
– ooxi
Jan 25 '17 at 11:32
1
@ooxi That is completely false. The read timeout applies to every read, not just the first one.
– user207421
Feb 24 '17 at 0:11
add a comment |
If this socket was created through a URLConnection to perform a web request, you can set the read and connect timeouts directly on the URLConnection before reading the stream:
InputStream createInputStreamForUriString(String uriString) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
URLConnection in = new URL(uriString).openConnection();
in.setConnectTimeout(5000);
in.setReadTimeout(5000);
in.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
in.setDoInput(true);
in.setDoOutput(false);
return in.getInputStream();
}
answered Jan 26 '16 at 15:20
Arie Z.Arie Z.
37936
If this socket was created through a URLConnection to perform a web request, you can set the read and connect timeouts directly on the URLConnection before reading the stream:
InputStream createInputStreamForUriString(String uriString) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
URLConnection in = new URL(uriString).openConnection();
in.setConnectTimeout(5000);
in.setReadTimeout(5000);
in.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
in.setDoInput(true);
in.setDoOutput(false);
return in.getInputStream();
}
answered Jan 26 '16 at 15:20
Arie Z.Arie Z.
37936
answered Jan 26 '16 at 15:20
Arie Z.Arie Z.
37936
answered Jan 26 '16 at 15:20
Arie Z.Arie Z.
37936
answered Jan 26 '16 at 15:20
Arie Z.Arie Z.
37936
37936
setReadTimeoutwill only cause an exception, if the timeout elapses before the first data is received. After the first data is received, no timeout exception will occur even if the connection hangs infinitely.
– ooxi
Jan 25 '17 at 11:32
1
@ooxi That is completely false. The read timeout applies to every read, not just the first one.
– user207421
Feb 24 '17 at 0:11
add a comment |
setReadTimeoutwill only cause an exception, if the timeout elapses before the first data is received. After the first data is received, no timeout exception will occur even if the connection hangs infinitely.
– ooxi
Jan 25 '17 at 11:32
1
@ooxi That is completely false. The read timeout applies to every read, not just the first one.
– user207421
Feb 24 '17 at 0:11
setReadTimeout will only cause an exception, if the timeout elapses before the first data is received. After the first data is received, no timeout exception will occur even if the connection hangs infinitely.– ooxi
Jan 25 '17 at 11:32
setReadTimeout will only cause an exception, if the timeout elapses before the first data is received. After the first data is received, no timeout exception will occur even if the connection hangs infinitely.– ooxi
Jan 25 '17 at 11:32
1
1
@ooxi That is completely false. The read timeout applies to every read, not just the first one.
– user207421
Feb 24 '17 at 0:11
@ooxi That is completely false. The read timeout applies to every read, not just the first one.
– user207421
Feb 24 '17 at 0:11
add a comment |
Yes, there should be an override of Read() that accepts a timeout value. By 'override' I am not suggesting anyone write one, I am pointing out that one of the overrides of the socket methods he is using takes a timeout value.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:38
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
10.5k74787
And you don't read directly from a socket anyway, you get anInputStreamfrom the socket and then read from that. Do what @erikson says, usesetSoTimeout().
– krock
Aug 25 '10 at 22:49
5
no there shouldn't. That would make theSocketInputStreamAPI different from other streams. There is already a way to do this that doesn't break theInputStreamsubstitutability.
– Stephen C
Aug 26 '10 at 0:44
add a comment |
Yes, there should be an override of Read() that accepts a timeout value. By 'override' I am not suggesting anyone write one, I am pointing out that one of the overrides of the socket methods he is using takes a timeout value.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:38
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
10.5k74787
And you don't read directly from a socket anyway, you get anInputStreamfrom the socket and then read from that. Do what @erikson says, usesetSoTimeout().
– krock
Aug 25 '10 at 22:49
5
no there shouldn't. That would make theSocketInputStreamAPI different from other streams. There is already a way to do this that doesn't break theInputStreamsubstitutability.
– Stephen C
Aug 26 '10 at 0:44
add a comment |
Yes, there should be an override of Read() that accepts a timeout value. By 'override' I am not suggesting anyone write one, I am pointing out that one of the overrides of the socket methods he is using takes a timeout value.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:38
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
10.5k74787
Yes, there should be an override of Read() that accepts a timeout value. By 'override' I am not suggesting anyone write one, I am pointing out that one of the overrides of the socket methods he is using takes a timeout value.
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:38
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
10.5k74787
edited May 2 '11 at 23:08
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:38
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
10.5k74787
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:38
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
10.5k74787
answered Aug 25 '10 at 22:38
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
10.5k74787
10.5k74787
And you don't read directly from a socket anyway, you get anInputStreamfrom the socket and then read from that. Do what @erikson says, usesetSoTimeout().
– krock
Aug 25 '10 at 22:49
5
no there shouldn't. That would make theSocketInputStreamAPI different from other streams. There is already a way to do this that doesn't break theInputStreamsubstitutability.
– Stephen C
Aug 26 '10 at 0:44
add a comment |
And you don't read directly from a socket anyway, you get anInputStreamfrom the socket and then read from that. Do what @erikson says, usesetSoTimeout().
– krock
Aug 25 '10 at 22:49
5
no there shouldn't. That would make theSocketInputStreamAPI different from other streams. There is already a way to do this that doesn't break theInputStreamsubstitutability.
– Stephen C
Aug 26 '10 at 0:44
And you don't read directly from a socket anyway, you get an
InputStream from the socket and then read from that. Do what @erikson says, use setSoTimeout().– krock
Aug 25 '10 at 22:49
And you don't read directly from a socket anyway, you get an
InputStream from the socket and then read from that. Do what @erikson says, use setSoTimeout().– krock
Aug 25 '10 at 22:49
5
5
no there shouldn't. That would make the
SocketInputStream API different from other streams. There is already a way to do this that doesn't break the InputStream substitutability.– Stephen C
Aug 26 '10 at 0:44
no there shouldn't. That would make the
SocketInputStream API different from other streams. There is already a way to do this that doesn't break the InputStream substitutability.– Stephen C
Aug 26 '10 at 0:44
add a comment |
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