RestTemplate — default timeout value

Question

What is the default timeout value when using Spring\'s RestTemplate?

For e.g., I am invoking a web service like this:

RestTemplate restT         


        

Answer 1

To explicitly answer the question...

The default timeout is infinite.

By default RestTemplate uses SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory and that in turn uses HttpURLConnection.

By default the timeout for HttpURLConnection is 0 - ie infinite, unless it has been set by these properties :

-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=TimeoutInMiliSec 
-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=TimeoutInMiliSec