SOAPException: Error opening socket: Connection timed out:

[Shaoguang Cong]

I'm getting the following error when trying to run the sample client attached and got the exceptions with no idea about what could be the real problem.  Thanks for any help.   -Shao     [SOAPException: faultCode=SOAP-ENV:Client; msg=Error opening socket: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect; targetException=java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Error opening socket: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect]    at org.apache.soap.transport.http.SOAPHTTPConnection.send(SOAPHTTPConnection.java:354)  at org.apache.soap.rpc.Call.invoke(Call.java:248)  at com.uhc.ubh.facets.util.CurrencyExchange.getRate(CurrencyExchange.java:46)  at com.uhc.ubh.facets.util.CurrencyExchange.main(CurrencyExchange.java:21) import java.io.*; import java.net.*; import java.util.*; import org.apache.soap.util.xml.*; import org.apache.soap.*; import org.apache.soap.rpc.*;   public class CurrencyExchange {     public static void main(String[] args) {         try {             String url = "" String("http://services.xmethods.net:80/soap");             String country1= "us";             String country2= "taiwan";             float rate = getRate(url, country1, country2);             System.out.println(rate);         } catch (Exception ex)         {             ex.printStackTrace();         }     }     public static float getRate (String url, String country1, String country2) throws Exception {       Call call = new Call();       // Service uses standard SOAP encoding       String encodingStyleURI = Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC;       call.setEncodingStyleURI(encodingStyleURI);         // Set service locator parameters       call.setTargetObjectURI("urn:xmethods-CurrencyExchange");       call.setMethodName("getRate");       call.setTimeout(600);         // Create input parameter vector       Vector params = new Vector();       params.addElement(new Parameter("country1", String.class, country1, null));       params.addElement(new Parameter("country2", String.class, country2, null));       call.setParams(params);         // Invoke the service ....       Response resp = call.invoke(new java.net.URL(url), "");         // ... and evaluate the response       if (resp.generatedFault()) {         throw new Exception();       }       else {         // Call was successful. Extract response parameter and return result         Parameter result = resp.getReturnValue();         Float rate = (Float) result.getValue();         return rate.floatValue();       }     } }