Does RPC have a timeout mechanism?

Question

If RPC does not have a timeout mechanism, how do I \"kill\" an RPC call if it is trying to call an RPC method of a server that is closed?

Answer 1

if you want to implement a timeout (to prevent a call from taking too long), then you'll want to change rpc.Dial for net.DialTimeout (notice they're separate packages: rpc vs net). Also be aware that the returned type isn't a client any more (as it is in the previous example); instead it is a 'connection'.

  conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", "localhost:8080", time.Minute)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("dialing:", err)
  }

  client := rpc.NewClient(conn)