The socket timeout will only apply to your final "stall". After recieving the headers and the beginning of the response, the timer will be reset back to 0 and start counting up.
On Thu, 2006-03-08 at 11:46 -0700, lpcarmed wrote: > In my test scenario the first read operation is blocked. The > java.net.SocketTimeoutException only came after 2x of the timeout. I'm using > a slow responding http server, that pumps out the headers and the beginning > of the response fast, but stalls before reaching the full content length. > > Is it possible HttpcClient swallows one java.net.SocketTimeoutException and > retries the read operation? > > -- Julius Davies Senior Application Developer, Technology Services Credit Union Central of British Columbia http://www.cucbc.com/ Tel: 604-730-6385 Cel: 604-868-7571 Fax: 604-737-5910 1441 Creekside Drive Vancouver, BC Canada V6J 4S7 http://juliusdavies.ca/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]