Setting a timeout for HttpConnection?

Question

Hi,
Is there any way to set a timeout for an HttpConnection instance? I've got something like:
HttpConnection conn = (HttpConnection)Connector.open("www.mysite.com");
but the timeout on my particular device waits 2 minutes! I'd like to make it something more like 20 seconds. Any way to do this?
Thanks

Answer 1

I am surprised that HttpConnection doesn't have a way to timeout already. I searched thru the docs and I cant find any.
Anyway this is my solution. Use a Thread. Start the thread before calling Connector.open. In the run method of the thread, sleep for 20 secs, wake up and display something to the user. This is assuming that your Connector.open is not blocking. i.e its in a thread of its own. this is an example of a non-blocking httpconnection
  public void commandAction(Command c, Displayable s) {
        if (c.getLabel().equals("GET")) {
            final MIDlet middy = this;
            new Thread() {
                public void run() {
                    try {
                        //make your http connection here.
                        HttpConnection conn = (HttpConnection)Connector.open("www.mysite.com");
                    } catch (Exception ie) {
                        ie.printStackTrace();
            }.start();
    }of course there are other ways to do that. just my suggestion