Hi. I'm writing a server that acts as an HTTP Proxy, and I connect to the web using HttpClient (version 3.1)
>From time to time I'm experiencing "Connection Reset" from the web. I guess this is because I try to reuse connections I have from previous requests, and (because too much time has passed), the website close the TCP connection, or some NAT dropped the TCP connection. My question is how should I solve the problem in HTTP Client? 1. Should I set the sockets to work in keepAlive, maintaining the TCP connection? If so, how can I do that (I only found setSoTimeout methods, not setKeepAlive, and I can't access the socket itself, since the getSocket() method in HttpConnection are protected)? 2. Should I avoid using the same connection to a website as a proxy for different clients? If so, how can I do that (I'm using MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager and it has no knowledge of the clients contacting me)? 3. Should I add a retry handler for such cases (and will it slow things down)? 4. Can I set some "session timeout" so that a socket will not outlive a preset duration (that way I can set a number low enough for any NATs on the way)? 5. Anything else? Thanks in advance, Oz
