How to set timeout to JAX-RS client with CXF

Question

I am working on a Rest Client and I am using CXF with JAX-RS.

The problem that I have is that I cannot find any way to override th

Answer 1

You can find the correct properties in org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.spec.ClientImpl: "http.connection.timeout" and "http.receive.timeout"

So just use them as property when building the client:

ClientBuilder.newClient().property("http.receive.timeout", 1000);

With JAX-RS 2.1 (supported from CXF 3.2) you can use these standard methods in ClientBuilder:

connectTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);
readTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);

See also: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jaxrs-api/issues/467