How to set timeout in Spring WebServiceTemplate

Question

I am using org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate for making Web Service calls. How can i configure timeout for the call.

Answer 1

Since Spring Webservices 2.2, you can also use Spring's ClientHttpRequestMessageSender:

@Service
public class CustomWebServiceImpl extends WebServiceGatewaySupport implements CustomWebService {
    private static final int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = (10 * 1000);
    private static final int READ_TIMEOUT = (10 * 1000);

    public CustomWebServiceImpl() {
        SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory();
        requestFactory.setConnectTimeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
        requestFactory.setReadTimeout(READ_TIMEOUT);
        setMessageSender(new ClientHttpRequestMessageSender(requestFactory));
    }

    (...)
}

(no dependency to Apache HTTP Components required)