Client side timeout?

["Petersen, Jennifer" <Je...@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca>]

I've searched high and low and can't seem to find a way to set a client side timeout on a request. 

My requirement is to return with an error when a response to a request is not returned within our SLA (say 2 seconds). Note that I cannot manage threads nor can I control this at the service level (I don't own the server code).

I know this question has been asked before but I don't see answers/recommendations, other than a suggestion to 
use commons HttpClient. Is this the recommended approach? any sample code, hint? anyone? :) 

thanks.

--
Jennifer

Re: Client side timeout?

[John Buren Southerland <jo...@southerland-consulting.com>]

Jennifer,
I have to do it now with a thread implementing a sort of sigalarm, I
don't see any other way to do it.   
Why can you not use another thread? 

On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 14:13 -0500, Petersen, Jennifer wrote:

> I've searched high and low and can't seem to find a way to set a client side timeout on a request. 
> 
> My requirement is to return with an error when a response to a request is not returned within our SLA (say 2 seconds). Note that I cannot manage threads nor can I control this at the service level (I don't own the server code).
> 
> I know this question has been asked before but I don't see answers/recommendations, other than a suggestion to 
> use commons HttpClient. Is this the recommended approach? any sample code, hint? anyone? :) 
> 
> thanks.
> 
> --
> Jennifer
> 
> 
>