RMI stuck on network disconnection

[Alan Bateman]

Guy Korland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I found out that an RMI call might never return on network 
> disconnection and will not throw RemoteException as expected.
> The scenario is very simple:
>
> 1. Find a remote stub (the stub should be behind a router).
> 2. Physically disconnect the server from the LAN.
> 3. Invoke a method from the client, the client can stuck without an 
> exception up to 30 min.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Guy
I would suggest searching the archives of the rmi-users list [1].  Also 
check the properties that control timeouts [2].

-Alan.

[1] http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/rmi-users.html
[2] 
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/rmi/sunrmiproperties.html