Cannot set timeout on Resteasy Client on JBoss

Question

I am trying to create a rest client on a JBoss EAP server, and I need to make sure that a timeout will end the connection if it gets stuck.

My code looks like this:

int timeout = 5000;
RequestConfig defaultRequestConfig = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectionRequestTimeout(timeout).setSocketTimeout(timeout).setConnectTimeout(timeout).build();
HttpClientBuilder builder = HttpClientBuilder.create();
HttpClient httpClient = builder.setDefaultRequestConfig(defaultRequestConfig).build();
// Previous try
// HttpClients.custom().setDefaultRequestConfig(defaultRequestConfig).build();

ClientExecutor executor = new ApacheHttpClient4Executor(httpClient);        

ClientRequest cr = new ClientRequest("http://www.someserviceurl.com/", executor);
JSONObject jData = new JSONObject();

jData.put("param1", param1);
jData.put("param2", param2);

cr.accept("application/json");
cr.body("application/json", jData.toString());

ClientResponse<String> cres = cr.post(String.class);

Currently this code does not get a timeout, but just gets stuck forever. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Apparently this is a known issue with RestEasy that was fixed on version 3.0.9.Final.

You can see the bug report here.

To fix it, upgrade RestEasy or use the deprecated DefaultHttpClient:

DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpParams params = httpClient.getParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, timeout);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, timeout);
ClientExecutor executor = new ApacheHttpClient4Executor(httpClient);

ClientRequest cr = new ClientRequest("http://www.someserviceurl.com/", executor);