Merge develop to Release_2_8_3_Branch

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / ws / HttpClientUtils.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/ws/HttpClientUtils.java b/src/jalview/ws/HttpClientUtils.java
index ed7288f..c6d6629 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/ws/HttpClientUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ws/HttpClientUtils.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8.2b1)
- * Copyright (C) 2014 The Jalview Authors
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
+ * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
  * 
  * This file is part of Jalview.
  * 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.HttpVersion;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
 import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.FileBody;
 import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.InputStreamBody;
 import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.StringBody;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.params.BasicHttpParams;
+import org.apache.http.params.CoreProtocolPNames;
+import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
+import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
 
 /**
  * Helpful procedures for working with services via HTTPClient
@@ -61,10 +66,24 @@ public class HttpClientUtils
    * @throws Exception
    */
   public static BufferedReader doHttpUrlPost(String postUrl,
-          List<NameValuePair> vals) throws ClientProtocolException,
+          List<NameValuePair> vals, int connectionTimeoutMs,
+          int readTimeoutMs) throws ClientProtocolException,
           IOException
   {
-    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+    // todo use HttpClient 4.3 or later and class RequestConfig
+    HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
+    params.setParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+            HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
+    if (connectionTimeoutMs > 0)
+    {
+      HttpConnectionParams
+              .setConnectionTimeout(params, connectionTimeoutMs);
+    }
+    if (readTimeoutMs > 0)
+    {
+      HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, readTimeoutMs);
+    }
+    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(params);
     HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(postUrl);
     UrlEncodedFormEntity ue = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(vals, "UTF-8");
     httppost.setEntity(ue);