socket and setSoTimeout()

Question

I am quite confused about socket.setSoTimeout( int ) method.

In scenario when i call

 socket.setSoTimeout(4000);
 try{
      string data = input.read();
         


        

Answer 1

I think,setSotimeout denotes the amount of time a server can wait for a response to read.if timeout value exceeds ,exception will be thrown.

for example.If you set setSotimeout(4000) to socket,

Socket will wait for only 4 secs for the receiver to respond,it throws exception after 4 secs.

It will be useful in slow connection networks or bad servers. It avoids waiting for response.