I am trying to parse an XML file from an HTTP URL. I want to configure a timeout of 15 seconds if the XML fetch takes longer than that, I want to report a timeout. For some reason, the setConnectTimeout and setReadTimeout do not work. Here's the code:

          URL url = new URL("http://www.myurl.com/sample.xml");
          URLConnection urlConn = url.openConnection();
          urlConn.setConnectTimeout(15000);
          urlConn.setReadTimeout(15000);
          urlConn.setAllowUserInteraction(false);         
          urlConn.setDoOutput(true);

          InputStream inStream = urlConn.getInputStream();
          InputSource input = new InputSource(inStream);

And I am catching the SocketTimeoutException.

Thanks Chris