Method setTimeout

src/HBaseRpc.java:547–552

A timeout, in milliseconds, to set for this RPC. If the RPC cannot be sent and processed by HBase within this period then a RpcTimedOutException will be returned in the deferred. If no timeout is set, then "hbase.rpc.timeout" will be used by default. However if a value of "0" is supplied

(final int timeout)

   * @since 1.7
   */
  public void setTimeout(final int timeout) {
    if (timeout < 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("The timeout cannot be negative");
    }
    this.timeout = timeout;
  }
  
  /** An optional timeout for the RPC in milliseconds.
   * Note that the initial value is -1, meaning the RPC will use the default