Socket reconnection issue

Question

Hi,
our aim of using the sockets is to send the HL7-message to HL7-engine.
while reconnecting to the engine(server) i am following the steps
1. close the outputstream of the socket
( socket.getOutputStream().close() )
2. close the socket
( socket.close() )
3. wait for 2 minutes and
4. create the socket and connect to engine
imedxORUChannel = new Socket();
imedxORUChannel.connect(new InetSocketAddress(getREMOTEHOST(), getREMOTEPORT()));
5. sometimes client socket is getting connected to server , sometimes not.
i want the socket to connect to remote host with in small span of time.
can any one provide the solution for this.
thanks in advance .

Answer 1

while reconnecting to the engine(server) i am following the steps
1. close the outputstream of the socket
( socket.getOutputStream().close() )
2. close the socket
( socket.close() )Unnecessary if you've closed the output stream.
3. wait for 2 minutes and Why?
5. sometimes client socket is getting connected to server , sometimes not.What exception is thrown when it fails? Show the complete exception text.
i want the socket to connect to remote host with in small span of time.It should connect within seconds, or fail after not more than about 75 seconds. You can reduce that timeout by calling the connect() method that takes a timeout parameter.