HttpURLConnection.getInputStream() blocks

Question

I'm using the HttpURLConnection class to make http requests. My code looks something like this-

while(true){
    try{
         connection=(HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
         connection.setDoOutput(true);
         connection.setConnectTimeout(2*1000);
         InputStream in=connection.getInputStream();
    }
    catch(SocketTimeOutException e){}
    catch(IOException e){}
}

I do some processing on the data once I retrieve the InputStream object. My problem is that if I let the program run long enough, the call to getInputStream blocks and I never get past that.

Am I missing something? Any pointers or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Set the read time out for the connection. Also, close the streams in a finally block once you're done with them.