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package nettimeout
import (
"net"
"time"
)
// Listener wraps a net.Listener, and gives a place to store the timeout
// parameters. On Accept, it will wrap the net.Conn with our own Conn for us.
type Listener struct {
net.Listener
ReadTimeout time.Duration
WriteTimeout time.Duration
}
func (l *Listener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
c, err := l.Listener.Accept()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
tc := &Conn{
Conn: c,
ReadTimeout: l.ReadTimeout,
WriteTimeout: l.WriteTimeout,
}
return tc, nil
}
// Conn wraps a net.Conn, and sets a deadline for every read
// and write operation.
type Conn struct {
net.Conn
ReadTimeout time.Duration
WriteTimeout time.Duration
}
func (c *Conn) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
err := c.Conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(c.ReadTimeout))
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
return c.Conn.Read(b)
}
func (c *Conn) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
err := c.Conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(c.WriteTimeout))
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
return c.Conn.Write(b)
}
func NewListener(addr string, readTimeout, writeTimeout time.Duration) (net.Listener, error) {
l, err := net.Listen("tcp", addr)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
tl := &Listener{
Listener: l,
ReadTimeout: readTimeout,
WriteTimeout: writeTimeout,
}
return tl, nil
}
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lumieru commented Jul 9, 2015

If the size of data to read or write is very large but the network speed is very slow, then the total time needed to read/write may be larger than ReadTimeout/WriteTimeout and cause a timeout error. Will this situation still occur when the above code is used?

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