Socket Timeout would occur if the Client Socket (may be Tcp/Http/Soap clients) does not get
the response in configured timeframe for any given request, in order to avoid this you need
to change the Client Socket Timeout settings as shown below.

If you encounter this issue while making a Web Service call, the APIs like Axis, CFX etc.,
have some default Socket Timeout settings, you may need to override those.

If you create your own HTTP you need to have that set up on your own.

Either way setting SocketTimeout is really important, if not the Client may wait for an
undefined amount of time for the response which may hung your applications.

HTTP Client:
httpclient.getParams().setParameter("http.socket.timeout", new Integer(1000));

In Axis 1.4
Override the Default Value as shown below in the ServicePort class.

AxisProperties.setProperty(org.apache.axis.components.net.
   DefaultCommonsHTTPClientProperties.CONNECTION_DEFAULT_SO_TIMEOUT_KEY, '10000');
 

AxisProperties.setProperty(org.apache.axis.components.net.
        DefaultCommonsHTTPClientProperties. CONNECTION_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_KEY,

10000');

Please note if this Timeout happens due to network issues or Performance issue , you may need
to handle them separately.

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