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RCP: 0.7.5, Fix timeout error at start-up when user is using a proxy

During TXM startup, the splash screen is frozen for X minutes.
See attached log file for stacktraces.

Solution1: Change the timeout length.

The timeout parameter is stored in a HttpParams and read with
PlainSocketFactory.connectSocket :
int timeout = HttpConnectionParams.getConnectionTimeout(params);
Using pref name :
public static final String CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = “httconnection.timeout”;

To change the behavior, ones need to modify this global variable
org.apache.httparams.CoreConnectionPNames

Solution 2: set native mode

We also need to try to define the default “Network connection” preference to “Native”. A link : http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2012/06/01/eclipse-proxy-and-p2/
Or to it programmaticaly:

/**
 * Activates the proxy service and sets the network connection active provider as native.
     */
    private void  activateProxyService() {
        Bundle bundle = Platform.getBundle("org.eclipse.ui.ide"); //$NON-NLS-1$
        IProxyService  proxyService = null;
        if (bundle != null) {
            ServiceReference ref = bundle.getBundleContext().getServiceReference(IProxyService.class.getName());
            if (ref != null)
                proxyService = bundle.getBundleContext().getService(ref);
        }
        if (proxyService == null) {
            Log.warning("Proxy service could not be found."); //$NON-NLS-1$
        }
        // Set the network connection active provider as native
        else    {
             proxyService.setSystemProxiesEnabled(true);
            proxyService.setProxiesEnabled(true);
        }
    }

The native OS proxy detection may be done by adding some native packages linked to org.eclipse.core.net for each target platform (eg. org.eclipse.core.net.win32.x86_64)

Solution 3:

  • something is trying to use the network before the proxy is set
    • like the automatic update: #1036
    • something else ?? not found yet

Solution 4

Add the following run arguments to the product configuration:

-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.connectTimeout=1000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.browse.connectTimeout=2000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.browse.readTimeout=1000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.closeTimeout=2000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.readTimeout=2000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.retryAttempts=2

(from redmine: issue id 525, created on 2014/01/17 by Matthieu Decorde)

Edited by Sébastien Jacquot