Web service client timeout

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to set a timeout on my web service client. But its not working. Your tutorials do not seem to address this.
I am using weblogic 10.3.2, with Java 1.6.
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Properties propSys = System.getProperties();
propSys.put( "weblogic.webservice.UseWebLogicURLStreamHandler", "true" );
Stub stub = (Stub)portObject;
BindingInfo bindingInfo = (weblogic.webservice.binding.BindingInfo)stub._getProperty("weblogic.webservice.bindinginfo");
bindingInfo.setTimeout(1);
Iterator itr = stub._getPropertyNames();
while (itr.hasNext()){
Object element = itr.next();
log("\n properties that can be set: "+element);
stub._setProperty("weblogic.webservice.rpc.timeoutsecs","1");
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I've also tried setting the transaction-timeout and the remove-client-timeout in the weblogic-ear-jar.xml.
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<weblogic-ejb-jar>
<weblogic-enterprise-bean>
<ejb-name>ExternalEntryEJB</ejb-name>
<transaction-descriptor>
<trans-timeout-seconds>1</trans-timeout-seconds>
</transaction-descriptor>
<enable-call-by-reference>True</enable-call-by-reference>
<jndi-name>ExternalEntry</jndi-name>
<remote-client-timeout>1</remote-client-timeout>
</weblogic-enterprise-bean>
<weblogic-enterprise-bean>
<ejb-name>InternalEJB</ejb-name>
<local-jndi-name>Internal</local-jndi-name>
<enable-call-by-reference>True</enable-call-by-reference>
<remote-client-timeout>1</remote-client-timeout>
<transaction-descriptor>
<trans-timeout-seconds>1</trans-timeout-seconds>
</transaction-descriptor>
</weblogic-enterprise-bean>
</weblogic-ejb-jar>
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in case it matters, I am using weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.clientgen.ClientGenTask as the clientgen task in my build.xml
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<clientgen autotype="False" ear="${dist}/${app.earname}" warName="${servlet.warname}" packageName="MyPackage.webservices.client"
keepgenerated="False" useServerTypes="True" clientJar="${dist}/MyAppClient.jar">
<classpath refid="build.classpath.builddir"/>
</clientgen>
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I am testing by putting a Thread.sleep(75000) in the method which is called in the internal EJB. But the method runs to completion and returns the reply object after 90 seconds or so (it normally takes about 12 seconds), but does not timeout.
I've been told that because it is a web services client, the remote-client-timeout will be ineffective. I've also been told that because the EJBs run in the same JVM, the transaction-timeout will be ineffective. Is this so?
Thanks,
Walter

Answer 1

Can you change the clientgen task to weblogic.wsee.tools.anttasks.ClientGenTask this is for jax-rpc 1.1.
<taskdef name="clientgen"
classname="weblogic.wsee.tools.anttasks.ClientGenTask" />
((Stub)port)._setProperty(weblogic.wsee.transport.connection.timeout,2);
((Stub)port)._setProperty(weblogic.wsee.transport.read.timeoutt,2);
Hope that helps.