By default the timeout for URLConnection is 0 which is unlimited. What is a reasonable value for XXXXX?
URL url = ...
URLConnection uCon = url.openConnection();
uCon.setConnectTimeout(XXXXXX);
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A:
It entirely depends on your business logic. How long do you want your program to wait before it decides that it will just give up, rather than wait?
("Maybe if I just wait a little longer, then it'll connect!")
Matt Ball
2010-10-19 20:23:45
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Anything is reasonable. Depending on the latency, on the target page. etc. Let's say 30 seconds.
Bozho
2010-10-19 20:28:16