But they are inextricably linked regardless. When we close an SSLSocket it performs a readReply which is subject to the read timeout. So if no read timeout is specified, the call to readReply will hang indefinitely. If a read timeout is specified we would need to maintain two separate timeouts and take each into account when polling.
What you are suggesting would effectively necessitate a reimplementation of the close mechanics discarding the read timeout completely. (which would be a significant enough change in terms of compatibility) -Rob On 13/09/17 03:56, Xuelei Fan wrote: > On 9/13/2017 8:52 AM, Rob McKenna wrote: > >W.r.t. a separate timeout, the underlying mechanics of a close already > >depend on the readTimeout in this situation. > That's a concerns of mine. In order to work for your countermeasure, > applications have to set receiving timeout, and take care of the closing > timeout when evaluate what's a right timeout value. The mixing could be > misleading and not easy to use. > > Xuelei