Axis1.2RC2 - set timeout doubt

[Ramya Iyer]

  org.apache.axis.client.Call _call = createCall();
        _call.setOperation(_operations[0]);
        _call.setUseSOAPAction(true);
        _call.setSOAPActionURI("");
        _call.setEncodingStyle(null);
        _call.setTimeout(12000);
   

This sets the timeout for establishing connection or to get back the response from the webservice?

If time to establish is 3 seconds, will it wait for 12 seconds for response before timing out or will it wait for 12 seconds?

Regards,
Ramya.

[Travis Hein]

Yes, the API documents are 'clear' on that .

Call.setTimeout() populates the timeout property in org.apache.axis.MessageContext.

The (axis-1.4) API documents seem to say this is a maximum amount of time to wait, so that if a reply comes in before this maximum threshold has expired, then the method would not block for the remainder of the unused timeout.

/**
* Maximum amount of time to wait on a request, in milliseconds.
*/
private int timeout = Constants.DEFAULT_MESSAGE_TIMEOUT;


where DEFAULT_MESSAGE_TIMEOUT is 10 minutes.
public static final int DEFAULT_MESSAGE_TIMEOUT=60*1000*10;