What does parameters like timeout, connectionTimeout, soTimeout, and infiniteSoTimeout mean in JedisPool?

Question

While defining a jedisPool object, various functions can be chosen from with varying parameters. I want to know what these parameters

• timeout
• connectionTimeout
• soTimeout
• infiniteSoTimeout

mean?

Answer 1

Jedis uses java.net.Socket under the hood. The concerned parameters are all directly related to that Socket. Also, the naming of parameters comes mostly from there.

• connectionTimeout - timeout value (in milliseconds) to be used while establishing a socket connection.
• soTimeout/socketTimeout - timeout value (in milliseconds) to be used while waiting for a response from Redis server (during a regular command execution)
• timeout - this is simply a shortcut to use same value for both connectionTimeout and soTimeout
• infiniteSoTimeout/blockingSoTimeout - timeout value (in milliseconds) to be used while waiting for a response from Redis server during a blocking command execution. For example, BLPOP is a blocking command.