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Description

The Java URLConnection getReadTimeout() method returns setting for read timeout. 0 return implies that the option is disabled (i.e., timeout of infinity).

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.net.URLConnection.getReadTimeout() method

public int getReadTimeout()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

an int that indicates the read timeout value in milliseconds

Exception

NA

Example 1

The following example shows the usage of Java URLConnection getReadTimeout() method for a valid url with https protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Using url.openConnection() method, we're getting the URLConnection instance. Using getReadTimeout(), we're getting the read timeout of URLConnection instance and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.Date;

public class UrlConnectionDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("https://www.tutorialspoint.com");
         URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
         long headerValue = urlConnection.getReadTimeout();
         System.out.println("Read Timeout: " + Date.from(Instant.ofEpochMilli(headerValue)));
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

Read Timeout: Thu Jan 01 05:30:00 IST 1970

Example 2

The following example shows the usage of Java URLConnection getReadTimeout() method for a valid url with http protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Using url.openConnection() method, we're getting the URLConnection instance. Using getReadTimeout(), we're getting the read timeout of URLConnection instance and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.Date;

public class UrlConnectionDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("http://www.tutorialspoint.com");
         URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
         long headerValue = urlConnection.getReadTimeout();
         System.out.println("Read Timeout: " + Date.from(Instant.ofEpochMilli(headerValue)));
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

Read Timeout: Thu Jan 01 05:30:00 IST 1970

Example 3

The following example shows the usage of Java URLConnection getReadTimeout() method for a valid url with http protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Using url.openConnection() method, we're getting the URLConnection instance. Using getReadTimeout(), we're getting the read timeout of URLConnection instance and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.Date;

public class UrlConnectionDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("http://www.google.com");
         URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
         long headerValue = urlConnection.getReadTimeout();
         System.out.println("Read Timeout: " + Date.from(Instant.ofEpochMilli(headerValue)));
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

Read Timeout: Thu Jan 01 05:30:00 IST 1970

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