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From: Kevin on 21 Mar 2010 03:17
"Yair Altman" <altmanyDEL(a)gmailDEL.comDEL> wrote in message <hg7i8j$7lm$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Steven Lord" <slord(a)mathworks.com> wrote in message <hg70vk$dop$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> >
> > "Michele" <denber.nospam(a)mindspringNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > news:hg62cm$d73$1(a)fred.mathworks.com...
> > > In another thread, I asked about a way to keep Matlab from hanging if you
> > > try to access a web server that doesn't respond (see
> > > http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/164917#628434).
> > >
> > > The concensus seemed to be that by adding a line like:
> > >
> > > urlConnection.setReadTimeout(5000) ;
> > >
> > > to urlread, that would cause the needed timeout. In fact, someone posted
> > > that
> > > "I added this on line 96 or urlread.m (R2006b) and it works."
> > >
> > > However, it doesn't work for me (R13 v 6.5 in XP). If I say:
> > >
> > > methodsview java.net.URLConnection
> > >
> > > I get back a whole list of methods including various sets and gets, but
> > > "setReadTimeout" is not among them. My copy of java.net is apparently
> > > lacking this method.
> >
> > Apparently this method was added to the URLConnection class in a later
> > version of Java than the one used by MATLAB 6.5 (R13).
> >
> > > Unfortunately, I don't understand where java.net comes from, and don't
> > > know how to figure it out. Is it the case that I'm simply pointing to an
> > > old version of this that lacks this method and needs to be updated from
> > > somewhere? At java.com perhaps? Or is java.net something written by
> > > Mathworks for Matlab? Do I need some new jar file?
> >
> > You need to use a newer version of Java -- since we only officially support
> > each version of MATLAB with the version of Java that ships with that
> > version, while you _could_ change the Java versoin for your installation I
> > would recommend instead upgrading your installation to a later version.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Lord
> > slord(a)mathworks.com
> > comp.soft-sys.matlab (CSSM) FAQ: http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/MATLAB_FAQ
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> To expand on Steve's answer, setReadTimeout() only became available in Java 1.5 (which was bundled with Matlab R14SP2=7.0.4 and higher on Windows), as seen here: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/net/URLConnection.html#setReadTimeout%28int%29
>
> Your Matlab version, R13 (=6.5) only contains Java 1.3.1. You can try to use the newer Java version as explained here: http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-1812J/
>
> However, note that using a non-default Java version might cause unexpected problems in your Matlab.
>
> Yair Altman
> http://UndocumentedMatlab.com
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