Java openStream error

Question

Hello,

I am using the method openStream with Java

in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream(), "UTF-8"));

How long is the method waiting of a response from the service where the URL is sended?

I am becoming same times errors messages like this and i don't know why.

java.net.UnknownHostException: dev.virtualearth.net

               at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
               at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
               at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
               at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
               at java.net.URL.openStream(Unknown Source)

Thanks

Answer 1

openStream() method is a shortcut for URL.openConnection().getInputStream()

you can set the timeout by yourself:

URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
con.setConnectTimeout(XXX);

From the JDK: "If the timeout expires before the connection can be established, a java.net.SocketTimeoutException is raised. A timeout of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout."

The default timeout is 0

Your Exception "Thrown to indicate that the IP address of a host could not be determined."

Answer 2

java.net.UnknownHostException: dev.virtualearth.net implies that your DNS configuration is incorrect since Java doesn't know how to resolve dev.virtualearth.net to an IP address. What is the string representation of the URL you are opening?