Request for review: 8009650 - HttpClient available() check throws SocketException when connection has been closed

Rob McKenna rob.mckenna at oracle.com
Thu Mar 7 08:58:00 PST 2013


The outer try/catch is meant to catch potential exceptions originating 
from the inner try/finally. (from setSoTimeout)

     -Rob

On 07/03/13 16:51, Kurchi Subhra Hazra wrote:
> I am wondering why do you need two try-catch blocks here.
>
> - Kurchi
>
> On 3/7/13 8:18 AM, Rob McKenna wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> This is a slight alteration of the fix contributed by Stuart Douglas. 
>> This fix deals with a SocketException caused by getSoTimeout() on a 
>> closed connection.
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~robm/8009650/webrev.01/
>>
>>     -Rob
>




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